Ireland’s Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has launched the works to upgrade the Phoenix Park Tunnel line. The Minister was joined by Anne Graham, Chief Executive of the National Transport Authority (NTA) and David Franks, Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann.
The project which is funded by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport through the National Transport Authority, will see commuters on the Kildare to Dublin Heuston line have the option of direct trains to Connolly, Tara St, Pearse and Grand Canal Dock Stations from late 2016, and will provide scope for expansion of services as the EUR 13.7 million project to upgrade the Phoenix Park Tunnel line has commenced.
Together with ongoing resignalling works between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock, the project will allow regular commuter trains operate through the Phoenix Park Tunnel for the first time by upgrading the tunnel and route, and increasing the number of train services which can operate on the line between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock.
Services on the Kildare commuter line will be a mix of Kildare to Dublin Heuston and Kildare to Grand Canal Dock services, offering new connections to commuters. The new services will commence in Autumn 2016.
’I very much welcome this innovative new public transport project. For the first time, commuters on the popular Kildare suburban rail line will have frequent services directly into the heart of the city centre business district. This will provide an attractive alternative for private motorists who currently commute into the city along the congested N7 corridor,’ the minister said.
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