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Dublin: 3 °C Thursday 23 May, 2013

DART

# dart - Thursday 11 April, 2013

From The Daily Edge Sceitimini áthas This post contains videos

# dart - Thursday 28 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Snow

Updated: Snow showers to continue in the east, cold elsewhere

The rest of the country will remain dry and cold with spells of sunshine over western counties.

# dart - Friday 18 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Happy Ending

‘Lady’ – the DART dog – now has a place to call home

The dog, who had arrived via train at Malahide DART station before Christmas, now has a permanent home.

From TheJournal.ie Weather

Update: DART back in operation between Bray and Dún Laoghaire

Meanwhile, heavy snow showers have been reported in Wicklow – leaving some roads impassable.

# dart - Tuesday 8 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Train-ing Day

Here’s how many people travelled on Ireland’s rail network in 2012

New figures released by Iarnród Éireann show the number of people taking the DART is up but Intercity and Commuter passengers figures are down.

# dart - Monday 24 December, 2012

From The Daily Edge Littlest Hobo

The DART dog will spend Christmas with an Irish Rail employee

The dog was handed in at Malahide DART station last Thursday, after being found on a train.

# dart - Friday 21 December, 2012

From The Daily Edge Littlest Hobo

Search for DART dog’s owner continues

This little fella was handed in at Malahide DART station yesterday.

# dart - Thursday 20 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Littlest Hobo

Is this your dog? He arrived at Malahide via the Greystones DART

This little fella was handed in at Malahide Dart Station earlier today.

# dart - Thursday 13 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Commuters

Numbers taking buses and trains to work down since 2006

New Census figures show that the numbers in cars and on bikes is up, but mass transit options are less popular than before.

# dart - Monday 26 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Skimming

Criminals skimming credit cards of Irish rail passengers

Gardaí are urging people to be “vigilant and cover your credit card pin numbers”.

From TheJournal.ie Weather

Drivers asked to ‘take care’ in wet road conditions

Plus, flooding has affected some DART services.

# dart - Tuesday 6 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie DART

Woman injured after being struck by DART train

The incident occurred at around 8pm last night at the Dun Laoghaire DART station.

# dart - Wednesday 17 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Weather

Heavy overnight rain leads to flooding, delays

The rain hit much of the country last night, with flooding reported in parts of Cork, Waterford, Wexford and other counties.

# dart - Tuesday 28 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Wireless Travel

Varadkar wants to install Wi-Fi across all public transport in 2013

The Minister has set the target as trials are carried out on some bus and tram services this year.

# dart - Wednesday 15 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Delays

Commuters stuck on trains as delays cause station back ups

Commuter services are resuming through Connolly Station, although DARTs are still suspended between Clontarf Road and Tara Street. Expect significant delays.

From TheJournal.ie Delays

DART service resumed between Dun Laoghaire and Bray

However, there are still significant delays reported at Connolly Station due to a DART mechanical fault.

# dart - Saturday 11 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Great Leap Forward

Good news, students: New travelcard will have Leap-style capabilities

Third level students will be able to use the new style travelcard to get Leap Card fare on transport.

# dart - Tuesday 7 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Getting Around

Good news, Dublin commuters: Leap cards can now be topped up at DART stations

The 53 stations in the Greater Dublin Area have now been upgraded to cater for Leap Cards, eight months after the system was first brought in.

# dart - Thursday 26 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Fare Increase

Commuters face 6 percent rise in public transport fares

CIE said it has to ensure it is in a position to keep providing transport services and can not rule out difficult decisions in the future.

# dart - Wednesday 25 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Transport

Varadkar says CIE transport fares could increase

However the Minister for Transport said a rise in fares could have a damaging impact on the demand for CIE services.

# dart - Tuesday 24 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie CIE

CIE handed extra €36m ‘to protect public transport’ amid funding fears

The state-run transport company has been given a funding top-up, though it’s not clear what services have been at risk.

# dart - Thursday 19 July, 2012

From The Daily Edge Pic Of The Day
From TheJournal.ie Irish Rail

Blind community to blitz Irish Rail with protest texts

Two staffers at Irish Rail are due to be inundated with texts about the poor quality of audible announcements on Irish trains.

# dart - Monday 4 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Wi-fi

Free WiFi for London’s Tube stations but DART’s is coming soon

London Tube stations to get free Wi-Fi but ours is coming soon, so says Irish Rail.

# dart - Friday 25 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Investigation

Gardaí appeal for witnesses after five hospitalised in brawl at Forty Foot

One local TD has called for DART activity to be monitored to prevent gangs from congregating in the area.

# dart - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie DART

Full Dart services to run over bank holiday weekend

Iarnród Éireann has announced the postponment of engineering works planned for this weekend due to the disruption it would cause over the May Bank Holiday.

# dart - Tuesday 1 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie DART

Dart service disrupted over bank holiday weekend

Engineering works mean disruptions for north Dublin service from Saturday to Monday.

# dart - Friday 27 April, 2012

DART SERVICES HAVE been suspended between Howth and Howth Junction this morning. Irish Rail says that a level crossing fault has caused the suspension of services. Dublin Bus are honouring rail tickets, the railway operator says.

# dart - Thursday 26 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Interactive This post contains a poll

Dude, where’s my train?

Irish Rail launch interactive map that shows where all their intercity, commuter and DART trains are at any given time…

# dart - Monday 9 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Public Transport

Iarnród Éireann hails ‘record punctuality’ in first quarter of 2012

39 out of every 40 Intercity journeys reached their destination within 10 minutes of the scheduled arrival time.

# dart - Sunday 1 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge In Pieces This post contains images

Train station mosaics in Bray being pieced together (ahem)

New tile mosaics show the Co Wicklow train station through the ages.

# dart - Thursday 22 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Transport

Survey: More people cycling and taking Luas to work in Dublin

A survey by the Dublin Transport Authority showed that while public transport is still the preferred option, more people are travelling by bicycle and Luas across the ‘canal cordon’ area in Dublin than before.

# dart - Tuesday 6 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

The 5 at 5: Tuesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

From TheJournal.ie Explosion

Driver hospitalised after explosion on DART train

The driver of the DART suffered injuries after detonators exploded in the driver’s cabin at Bray station during rush hour this morning.

# dart - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Train Fares

Iarnród Éireann reduces student intercity fares until April

Iarnród Éireann is reducing the cost of intercity train travel for students by up to 47 per cent in some cases.

# dart - Saturday 18 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Leap Card

35,000 daily trips on Leap cards in first two months

Public transport minister Alan Kelly says there are 57,000 Leap cards in circulation, with only a small number of complaints lodged.

# dart - Monday 16 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Good News

Free WiFi to be installed on DART and Dublin rail services ‘by the summer’

A major extension of free WiFi on public transport is to be rolled out this year including Bus Éireann, Luas, and possibly Dublin Bus, Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said.

# dart - Tuesday 3 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Rail Fares

Dart and Commuter fares set to rise from tomorrow

Ticket prices are going up by an average of 6 per cent on Dart fares and 6.7 per cent for Commuter services.

# dart - Thursday 15 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie DART

Delays expected after fatality on northern DART line

The northern commuter line is closed between Howth Junction and Skerries.

# dart - Tuesday 13 December, 2011

INBOUND COMMUTER rail services from Maynooth to Dublin are back running – though with heavy delays – after a signal fault on the line earlier this morning. Services from Maynooth, Sligo, Longford and the Docklands were all disrupted by the fault. Dublin Bus will continue to honour valid tickets for appropriate routes. DART services were unaffected by the cut.

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