quote:The delivery of the Navan Rail Line is “one of the most critical piece of infrastructure for the future development of Meath for generations to come” a local authority meeting was told this week as Irish Rail bosses said they were hopeful that a preferred route for the project would be identified by the end of 2026.
The project involves a new rail line of approximately 20 kilometers (12˝ miles) from the existing terminus station at M3 Parkway, north of Dunboyne, to the busy and growing commuter town of Navan, delivering direct Navan to Dublin city center rail services.
Irish Rail said the goal was to bring an electrified DART-style service to Navan.
The first phase of the program will see scope and design development, and route option selection, developed over the next two years to deliver the “critical piece of infrastructure”, the meeting was told. …
This railroad was closed in 1963. There were no tracks on any part of this former Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) line until the two-station spur to the M3 Park-Ride (rather than “Parkway”) opened in 2010.
Thanks to building the M3 highway, the railroad was cut off from its northwestern part. It would have to be redesigned and realigned, particularly to serve Dunshaughlin.
Right now, the DART trains do not have bathrooms, which will not serve a distance like Dublin-Navan well. Also, since Leo Varadkar led the charge to put the Luas light rail on the former MGWR line out of its original terminus Broadstone to Broombridge in the Cabra section of Dublin, the Broadstone line is precluded from acting as an alternate route and terminus to Connolly Station, thus increasing congestion at Connolly.
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