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DART Underground

DART Underground
DART Underground.jpeg
The planned tunnel and its integration with
other transport modes in Dublin City
Overview
Type Rapid transit, Heavy rail
System DART
Status Being redesigned (as of 2015)
Locale Dublin city centre
Termini Docklands
Inchicore
Stations 6
Services 1
Operation
Owner Iarnród Éireann
Operator(s) Iarnród Éireann
Rolling stock DART EMUs
Technical
Line length 7.6 km
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Irish gauge
Electrification 1500 V DC Overhead catenary
Operating speed 75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map
To Balbriggan and Howth
To Mullingar and Navan
Drumcondra
Dublin ConnollyLuas
Docklands(Luas Spencer Dock)
Loopline Bridge
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
St Stephen's GreenLuas
To Greystones and Gorey
Christchurch
Dublin HeustonLuas
Inchicore
To Hazelhatch

DART Underground (Irish: DART Faoi Thalamh), previously known as the Interconnector, is a planned railway tunnel in Ireland, projected to run under the city centre of Dublin. The planned tunnel is intended to allow for the expansion of the electrified DART and the Dublin Suburban Rail network, and to connect Heuston Station with Pearse Station. In November 2011, the government announced that the project would be deferred until 2016 at the earliest. On 22 September 2015, it was announced that the project was to be redrafted to a lower cost design. And, in October 2016, a "scaled down" plan was published with a target commencement date (subject to railway orders and planning permission) "in 2020".

The original DART Underground plans proposed an underground link between the existing Northeast DART line between Malahide/Howth and Clontarf Road and the Western Rail line between Heuston and Hazelhatch, with new underground stations across Dublin's city centre at the Docklands, Pearse Station, St. Stephen's Green, Christchurch, and beneath Heuston Station. Despite this not being a very direct route, the decision by An Bord Pleanála specifically referred to a national policy requirement that the line be built through St. Stephen's Green. The project also expected the construction of a new overground station at Inchicore.


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