Classic route
InterCity Dublin–Cork
Dublin → Cork · Ireland
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Heuston to Kent in 2 h 15 on Mark 4 push-pull sets, over the 1849 Great Southern and Western main line through Limerick Junction and Mallow.
Stations
- 0 kmDublin Heuston
- 172 kmLimerick Junction
- 232 kmMallow
- 266 kmCork Kent
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 390986 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Iarnród Éireann: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Dublin–Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the InterCity?
The InterCity runs 266 km from Dublin to Cork.
How long does the InterCity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 15 min for the 266 km. That is an average of 118 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the InterCity?
Iarnród Éireann, with Mark 4 push-pull.
How old is the InterCity?
The line has been in service since 1849. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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