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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 2, 1934.)

The Irish Railways

The Irish Railways.

Although little is heard of the railways of Ireland, steady progress continues to be made by the transportation undertakings both of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. In the Free State, it will be remembered, one big railway—the Great Southern —was some years ago formed out of the individual lines serving the area, just as the ambitious grouping scheme was carried out in Britain. The Great Southern, with headquarters in Dublin, has proved itself a truly goahead concern, and this line has recently embarked upon big improvement works.

In all, some #200,000 are to be spent by the Great Southern upon improvements of various kinds. Track betterments will give improved services with Waterford, Kerry, Limerick and Galway, while new trains will also be introduced on the Dublin-Cork main-line. Ten new main-line locomotives are to be constructed in the railway shops, and new rollingstock will include 500 goods wagons designed for the movement of sugarbeet. In association with the Dublin tramways, the Great Southern has been given a virtual monopoly of road transport, and in this connection the railway is constructing a huge central omnibus station in Dublin, with workshops, washing-sheds, and other modern amenities. There is also being developed a comprehensive plan for co-ordinated rail-road transport employing railway-owned vehicles throughout, and this will give quick door-to-door service for merchandise of every kind throughout the country.