20th September 1969
Irish Railway Record
Society
(Roudabout Route)
DMU Used | 2509 |
Route :
DMU | Route |
as listed | Dublin Connolly - Howth Junction - Donabate - Skerries Golf Course - Buckies Sidings |
as listed | Buckies Sidings - Drogheda Jn |
as listed | Drogheda Jn - Drogheda |
as listed | Drogheda - Cement Factory Siding |
as listed | Cement Factory Siding - Drogheda |
as listed | Drogheda - Dunleer - Dromin Jn - Ardee |
as listed | Ardee - Dromin Jn |
as listed | Dromin Jn - Dundalk Jn |
as listed | Dundalk Jn - Dundalk South |
as listed | Dundalk South - Dundalk (Barrack Street) |
as listed | Dundalk (Barrack Street) - Drogheda - Howth Junction - Dublin Connolly |
Notes :
(1) Extracted from Irish Railfans News, November 1969; The IRRS operated railcar
2509 from Dublin to Dundalk on 20 September and made some unusual stops and side
excursions en route. The first call was at Ireland’s newest station, Kilbarrack,
and other stops were made at the closed Skerries Golf Club Halt and, in
Drogheda, at Buckie’s Siding, which was traversed. The railcar then made what is
believed to have been the first passenger trip over the steeply graded line to
the Drogheda Cement Factory. Next, a stop was made at the remote Kellystown
Signal Box, after which the car went down the Ardee Branch. At its final
destination, Dundalk, a visit was made to Barrack Street, now the goods station,
but once the headquarters and terminus of the Irish North Western Railway.
Source : Richard Maund (from Irish Railfans
News)
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Richard Maund)
Location | Booked |
Dublin Connolly | 11.05d |
Kilbarrack | 11.20a ~ 11.30d |
Malahide | 11.41a ~ 11.51d |
Donabate | 11.56a ~ 12.17d |
shunt for 11:30 Goods North Wall - Dundalk | |
Skerries Golf Course | 12.31a ~ 12.37d |
Buckies Sidings | 13.00a ~13.06d |
Drogheda | 13.11a ~ 14.30d |
Cement Factory Siding | 14.40a ~ 15.10d |
Drogheda | 15.15a ~ 15.20d |
Kellystown | 15.32a ~ 15.40d |
Dunleer | 15.50a ~ 16.00d |
Dromin Jn | 16.05a ~ 16.15d |
Ardee | 16.30a ~ 17.20d |
Dromin Jn | 17.35a ~ 17.40d |
Dundalk Jn | 18.00a ~ 18.05d |
Dundalk South | 18.10a ~ 18.11d |
Dundalk (Barrack Street) | 18.25a ~ 20.20d |
Drogheda | 20.55a ~ 20.56d |
Howth Junction | 21/36 |
Dublin Connolly | 21.45a |