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Tag Archives: Railway
The Hidden Railway: Irish Peat Bog Railways
Irish Rail operate the main passenger and freight railway lines in Ireland. Their network extends to approximately 1900 km. However there is another rail network in Ireland whose network length probably exceeds this total length. This is the narrow gauge railway used to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bord Na Mona, ireland, Irish peat bog railway, Irish rail, kildare, narrow gauge railway, Railway, Train
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Irish Rail. Do you love your train station?
Irish rail have launched a competition which allows travellers to vote for their station by text message for 20 cent. Their question is ‘do you love your station?’. While I like living close to my train station in the Kildare town of … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, Irish rail, late trains, rail travel, Railway, ticket machine, train stations
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Road verses rail. Part 2, the case for rail.
In the last post, see here, we looked at the benefits of roads over rail. This leads us to another question, what are the advantages of railways? The case for travelling by rail. 1. Trains are out of view. With the … Continue reading
Historic French infrastructure: Different ways to cross water
Long before terms such as cost-benefit analysis, whole life costing etc were invented these concepts were being used by governments to choose solutions to infrastructural challenges. In North Western France, within 12km of each other, are examples of two remarkable … Continue reading
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Tagged bridge, Brittany, Cartanec, economic, France, infrastructure, Morlaix, Railway, Railway viaduct, roads, tidal road
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Extension to Dublins Luas red line open, but is it too long?
Last Saturday saw the opening of a new section of the Dublin’s light rail system. The extension is 4 km long, runs between Belgard and Saggart Village and contains five new stops. Two of the stops contain park and ride facilities. I went along on the free open day to try it out. Continue reading
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Tagged dublin, ireland, Irish rail, luas, Railway, red line, Train
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Why do steel railways not rust and fall apart?
Steel used in buildings has to be protected against corrosion. The typical solution is to coat the steel frame with anti-corrosion paint. So this leads us to the question, why are railway lines, which are also made of steel, left exposed to the elements without any protection at all? It’s a good question and there are a number of reasons. Continue reading
Posted in Technical & Discussion
Tagged corrosion, Paint, problem, protection, Railway, railway lines, rust, steel rails, Train, wear
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DART underground completed in Malmo, under budget and ahead of schedule
Irish rail users will be interested to note that the Malmo rail tunnel has opened last month. This project is very similar to the proposed DART underground scheme currently being designed for Dublin. The new Malmo rail tunnel runs below the city centre for 6 km and is part of a new 17km section of track which transforms the Malmo Central Station from a terminus to a through station. Continue reading
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Tagged DART underground, Dublin tunnel, infarstructure, ireland, Malmo Rail tunnel, Railway, Sweden, Train, Tunnel
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Comment: The William J. Dargan LUAS bridge in Dundrum tarnished by phone masts
The Dundrum Luas bridge is being disfigured by phone masts located on the top Continue reading
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Tagged cable stayed bridge, dundrum, green line, luas, phone masts, Railway, Train, william dargan
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Infrastructure: The importance of railway gauge and setting the standard
How railway gauge was selected and the implications Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Britain, Channel tunnel, engineer, engineering, Gauge, ICE, Irish, Railway, Russia, TGV, Tracks, Train
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