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Top 10 rail journeys and stations in Ireland

10 great train journeys and stations in Ireland, from scenic lines to sleeper services.

10 rail journeys

  1. 1
    Scenic route

    DART coastal line

    Howth – Greystones

    Electric suburban railway hugging Dublin Bay, with cliff-edge sections between Dalkey, Bray and Greystones.

  2. 2
    Scenic route

    Dublin–Rosslare line

    Dublin – Rosslare Europort

    Line running along the Wicklow coast and through the Avoca valley to the ferry port at Rosslare Europort.

  3. 3
    Scenic route

    Enterprise

    Dublin – Belfast

    Cross-border express linking Dublin and Belfast, with views of the coast and the Boyne Viaduct at Drogheda.

  4. 4
    Scenic route

    Dublin–Westport line

    Dublin – Westport

    InterCity route across the Midlands and the Shannon to Westport, near Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick.

  5. 5
    Scenic route

    Cork–Cobh line

    Cork – Cobh

    Commuter line along Cork Harbour to Cobh, the last port of call of the Titanic.

  6. 6
    Landmark station

    Heuston Station

    Dublin

    Italianate terminus of 1846, Dublin's main station for trains to the south and west.

  7. 7
    Landmark station

    Kent Station

    Cork

    Cork's main railway station, dating from 1893, which displays a preserved nineteenth-century steam locomotive.

  8. 8
    Heritage railway

    Waterford & Suir Valley Railway

    Kilmeadan – Waterford

    Narrow-gauge heritage railway following the River Suir on a former Waterford–Dungarvan trackbed.

  9. 9
    Heritage railway

    Cavan & Leitrim Railway

    Dromod

    Narrow-gauge heritage line and railway museum in Dromod, reviving a line closed in 1959.

  10. 10
    Heritage railway

    Lartigue Monorailway

    Listowel

    Reconstruction of the unusual Listowel–Ballybunion monorail that ran from 1888 to 1924.

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