Title: Transport in Ireland - Wikipedia
Headings: Transport in Ireland
Transport in Ireland
Contents
Railways
Road transport
Roads and cars in Ireland
Bus services
Modal share
Waterways
Pipelines
Ports and harbours
Mercantile Marine
Aviation
Airport passenger numbers
Gateway Irish Urban Reference Destination Distances
See also
Footnotes
References
External links

Content: additional track under construction
914 mm ( 3 ft) narrow gauge
1,365 km (848 mi) (2006) (industrial railway operated by Bord na Móna)
Ireland's railways are in State ownership, with Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) operating services in the Republic and NI Railways operating services in Northern Ireland. The two companies co-operate in providing the joint Enterprise service between Dublin and Belfast. InterCity services are provided between Dublin and the major towns and cities of the Republic, and in Ulster along the Belfast–Derry railway line. Suburban railway networks operate in Dublin, Dublin Suburban Rail, and Belfast, Belfast Suburban Rail, with limited local services being offered in, or planned for, Cork, Limerick, and Galway . The rail network in Ireland was developed by various private companies during the 19th century, with some receiving government funding. The network reached its greatest extent by 1920. A broad gauge of 1600mm (5 ft 3in) was agreed as the standard for the island, although there were also hundreds of kilometres of 914mm (3 ft) narrow gauge railways. Many lines in the west were decommissioned in the 1930s under Éamon de Valera, with a further large cull in services by both CIÉ and the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) during the 1960s, leaving few working lines in the northern third of the island. There is a campaign to bring some closed lines back into service, in particular the Limerick- Sligo line (the Western Railway Corridor ), to facilitate economic regeneration in the west, which has lagged behind the rest of the country. There is also a move to restore service on the Dublin to Navan line, and smaller campaigns to re-establish the rail links between Sligo and Enniskillen / Omagh /Derry and Mullingar and Athlone /Galway.