Railway between Dublin City Centre, and Drogheda, (Circa 50km), Fingal, Co Dublin

• The dart+ coastal north project will involve railway works and all works necessary to enable the construction, operation, maintenance and improvement of the railway between dublin city centre and drogheda (circa 50km). The works will generally comprise, but are not limited to the following elements which are described within this schedule
• Extension of existing 1500v dc electrification, which currently terminates at malahide, as far as drogheda macbride station (approximately 37km)
• The installation of foundations, masts, and overhead wires to supply power to the railway
• Upgrades to existing signalling, telecoms, and power supplies to support the planned increase in train services, including the introduction of new electrical substations at key locations alongside the railway line at drogheda, bettystown, gormanston, balbriggan, skerries north, skerries south, rush & lusk and donabate
• An overhead line equipment (ohle) maintenance compound at rush and lusk station
• Undertaking improvements / modifications to bridges spanning the railway arising from track reconfigurations and / or meeting required electrical clearances
• Undertaking localised bridge modifications to enable ohle to be fixed to bridges carrying the railway
• Canopy modifications at drogheda macbride station to accommodate ohle clearances and modified railway boundary fences to protect the public from contacting the overhead line
• Infrastructure works to facilitate the increase in service frequency and capacity, in specific areas of intervention including: works around howth junction & donaghmede station; works around clongriffin station; works around malahide station & viaduct; works to the existing user worked level crossing (xb001) south of donabate; and works around drogheda macbride station
• Modifications to existing depots at drogheda and fairview to support the new train fleet, including the provision of additional train stabling at drogheda
• Ancillary civils, utility diversions, drainage, and power work to cater for the changes this schedule 1 is intended to be read in conjunction with the plan of the railway works – the referenced railway works drawings (which includes property details drawings, alignment details drawings and structural details drawings) which set out more particularly the railway works and which form part of this railway order. The description of the works is divided into the 23 no. Different railway order areas for clarity and progresses from the southern end of the scheme at clontarf road station and surrounds, to the termination of the scheme at drogheda macbride station and surrounds. Abp ref: abp-320164-24

1. Application received19 July 2024
2. Decision due3 October 2025

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