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The new enhanced Enterprise timetable, will see 14 extra services operating between Thursday and Sunday, providing around 3,000 additional seats.
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The scheme seeks to protect the coastal rail line linking Dublin and Rosslare from erosion and flooding for the next 100 years.
(Permalink) Coastal defence Dublin Erosion Jacobs Rosslare

Infrastructure works costing at least E230 million are required to protect parts of the South Dublin Dart line between the Merrion Gates and Greystones in Co Wicklow from collapsing into the sea, according to Irish Rail assessments.
(Permalink) Dublin Dublin Dart Greystones Irish Rail Merrion Gates Wicklow

Today marks 75 years since the inaugural flagship Enterprise train service connecting Belfast and Dublin set out from Northern Ireland.
(Permalink) Anniversary Belfast Dublin Enterprise

P&O Ferries have cancelled services with immediate effect as 800 seafaring staff are now without jobs. The shock news comes as the ferry service claimed the decision was necessary to save the business which they labelled as 'not viable'.
(Permalink) Cairnryan Calais Dover Dublin Hull Larne Liverpool P&O Rotterdam

Cross-Channel ferry operator cancels sailings ahead of company announcement, but says it isn't going bust.
(Permalink) Cairnryan Calais Cancellations Dover Dublin Hull Larne Liverpool P&O Rotterdam

RMT demands protection of UK seafarer jobs amid speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers are to be sacked and replaced with foreign labour.
(Permalink) Calais Cancellations Dover Dublin Liverpool P&O RMT

A cross-border hourly train service linking Belfast and Dublin could be in place by the end of next year, the head of Irish Rail has said.

Jim Meade, chief executive of Irish Rail, said extra train fleet coming in this year could see a hourly Enterprise service during peak times in place by the end of 2023.
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A new documentary series about the Enterprise train service, its history and significance to Ireland, is coming to UTV. Called Enterprise A Track Record, UTV viewers can come on board to head back in time to the heyday of steam travel in Ireland, and go on a journey of discovery about Irelands most famous train.
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Dublin Connolly: Irish Rail 201 class 233 River Clare propels the 08.00 'Enterprise' from Belfast into Dublin Connolly on 22 March 2014.
Bill Roberton 22/03/2014

DART underground line is shelved until 2042, no tram lines will be built within next decade.
(Permalink) DART Dublin

Plan will see total all-island investment of more than 3.5 billion euro.
(Permalink) Belfast Dublin Greenway Éire

Public rally hears calls for return of rail line between Co Meath town and central Dublin.
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77% of Dubliners feel their area is well serviced by public transport - but in the midlands, 78% feel the exact opposite.
(Permalink) Dublin Eire Poll Satisfaction

The company could rebuild the railway from Dublin to Navan in just three years.
(Permalink) Athenry Cork Commuter Rail Dublin Ennis Finglas Galway Limerick Luas Navan Plunkett Rosslare

Stena temporarily cancels sailings on Dublin-Holyhead and Rosslare-Fishguard routes
(Permalink) Dublin Fishguard Holyhead Rosslare Stena Line

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