Dublin–Waterford railway line

The Dublin-Waterford line is a railway line in Ireland connecting Dublin with the major port of Waterford City in County Waterford. The line is part of the significant network of InterCity routes connected to the Dublin-Cork Main Line from Dublin Heuston. The line was constructed by the Great Southern and Western Railway. At Cherryville Junction, County Kildare the line splits from the Cork line.^[1] Both passenger and freight services run on the line. InterCity passenger services are operated by the 22000 Class DMUs. Kilkenny is located on a short spur off the line; freight trains use the Lavistown loop line to avoid reversal there.^[2]

A non-geographical diagram of the Dublin - Waterford line.

Dublin to Waterford line
Kildare railway station.
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Ireland
Termini	Kildare Waterford
Stations	7
Service
Type	Inter-city rail, Heavy rail
System	Iarnród Éireann
Services	InterCity: Dublin–Waterford Commuter: Dublin-Carlow
Operator(s)	Iarnród Éireann
Rolling stock	22000 Class 071 Class
History
Opened	1844
Technical
Line length	119 kilometres (74 mi) Kilkenny spur: 3.822 kilometres (2.375 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Character	Primary
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Irish gauge
Operating speed	160 kilometres per hour (100 mph) (Cherryville–Kilkenny) 130 kilometres per hour (80 mph) (Kilkenny–Waterford)
Route map Legend Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Connolly & The Point Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to Tallaght & Saggart Inchicore Works Park West and Cherry Orchard M50 Clondalkin/Fonthill Kishoge Lucan (south) 1947 Adamstown Hazelhatch and Celbridge Grand Canal Straffan 1947 Sallins and Naas River Liffey Newbridge Curragh Racecourse 1977 Curragh Mainline 1999 Kildare to Cork and Westport/Galway M7 motorway Kildangan 1963 Athy Mageney 1963 Carlow Milford 1963 Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) to Palace East 1963 River Barrow Gowran 1963 to Portlaoise 1963 Kilkenny Lavistown loop line Bennetsbridge 1965 Thomastown River Nore Ballyhale 1963 Mullinavat 1963 Kilmacow 1963 to Limerick to Mallow 1967 Waterford West goods yard Waterford Plunkett to Rosslare 2010 This diagram: view talk edit

Services

• Monday-Thursday

7 trains in each direction Dublin to Waterford 2 trains Carlow to Dublin 1 train Dublin to Carlow

• Friday

8 trains in each direction Dublin to Waterford 1 train Dublin to Carlow 2 trains Carlow to Dublin

• Saturday

7 trains Dublin-Waterford 8 trains Waterford-Dublin

• Sunday

4 trains in each direction Dublin to Waterford The journey times range from 1h 55min to 2h 20min Dublin to Waterford and 1h 48min to 2h 16min Waterford to Dublin.

References

1. Reidy, Michael (30 October 2021). Network Statement (PDF) (2022 ed.). Irish Rail. p. 72. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
2. Dunne, Christopher (4 October 2021). "Thinking green! Rail freight comeback on the cards as new service launches from Kilkenny". Kilkenny People. Iconic Media. Retrieved 21 September 2022.