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For the same reason, the Chiltern line was used by many trains between Paddington and Birkenhead from 1965. All local trains were diverted to Marylebone in 1963 and operated by four-car Class 115 diesel multiple units (DMUs) and the main-line platforms at Greenford, on the New North route between Old Oak Common and Northolt Junction, were closed.
An Iarnród Éireann 29000 Class DMU (29109) at Dublin Connolly Dublin Suburban Rail Map (proposed network). The Dublin Suburban Rail (Irish: Iarnród Bruachbhailteach Baile Átha Cliath) network, branded as Commuter, is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, most of the Greater Dublin Area and outlying towns. The system is ...
Ports are marked, although few remain rail-connected. Dublin Port, Larne Harbour, Belview Port and Rosslare Europort are ports that are still connected. Ireland's only light rail service, named Luas, is in Dublin. No metro lines currently exist in Ireland, but there is a planned MetroLink line which would serve Dublin.
Ealing rail crash – 19 December 1973 – A train from Paddington to Oxford derailed after a loose battery box cover on the Class 52 "Western" locomotive hauling the train struck lineside equipment, causing a set of points to move under the train. Ten passengers were killed and 94 injured.
A DART train, forming part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network. The Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) is part of the suburban railway network and consists of one line and a spur running primarily along the coastline of Dublin Bay, from Greystones in County Wicklow to Howth and Malahide in northern County Dublin. The DART line is the only ...
Birkenhead Woodside served as the terminus for local services to Chester, Helsby, West Kirby, and destinations in north Wales via Ruabon. [4] Additionally, it offered routes to Great Western Railway (GWR) services to Chester General, Wrexham General, Ruabon, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton Low Level, Birmingham Snow Hill, and London Paddington.
The Birkenhead Railway was a railway company in North West England.It was incorporated as the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway (BL&CJR) in 1846 to build a line connecting the port of Birkenhead and the city of Chester with the manufacturing districts of Lancashire by making a junction near Warrington with the Grand Junction Railway.
The county council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Dublin. [1] [2] [3] Its headquarters were established at 10–11 Parnell Square in 1900 [4] but, due to the cramped conditions, it transferred to 46–49 O'Connell Street, Dublin City in 1975.