A new hourly service between Dublin and Belfast has been introduced, following the opening of the £340 million Belfast Grand Central station, Starting on October 29, it marks an important milestone in transforming cross-border rail services between Dublin and Belfast. It is jointly operated by Translink and Iarnród Éireann (IÉ).
The station’s opening on October 13 enabled the resumption of services between Belfast and Lisburn, which had been replaced by road transport since July 3 while commissioning works were completed for the new station and its signalling system.
This included the installation of 4.8km (three miles) of track, 19 sets of points, 25 signals, and 50km (31 miles) of cables, as well as 1,800 metres of drainage, 5,000 concrete sleepers, and 1,220 timber sleepers, all carried out by contractor Babcock.…
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