InterCity Dublin–Sligo

The old Midland Great Western route from Dublin Connolly over the drumlin lakelands to Sligo, W. B. Yeats’s country beneath flat-topped Ben Bulben.

Stations

1. 0 kmDublin Connolly
2. 2 kmDrumcondra
3. 26 kmMaynooth
4. 32 kmKilcock
5. 45 kmEnfield
6. 83 kmMullingar
7. 111 kmEdgeworthstown
8. 125 kmLongford
9. 143 kmDromod
10. 159 kmCarrick-on-Shannon
11. 173 kmBoyle
12. 195 kmBallymote
13. 207 kmCollooney
14. 218 kmSligo Mac Diarmada

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 1222833 — 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 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via Iarnród Éireann: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Dublin–Sligo to Sligo (MacDiarmada)
• 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 216 km from Dublin to Sligo.

How long does the InterCity take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 3 min for the 216 km. That is an average of 71 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the InterCity?

Iarnród Éireann, with Class 22000 ICR.

How old is the InterCity?

The line has been in service since 1862. 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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