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History of rail transport in Ireland - Ireland's first railway | | History of rail transport in Ireland - Ireland's first railway: Encyclopedia II - History of rail transport in Ireland - Ireland's first railway | | The first railway to be built in Ireland was the Dublin and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) Railway (D&KR), a distance of six miles. The contractor was one William Dargan, now known as the founder of railways in Ireland due to his participation in many of the main routes built on the island. The D&KR was notable in being one of the earliest dedicated commuter railways in the world. The planning undertaken is also noteworthy, a full traffic su ...
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History of rail transport in Ireland - Ireland's first railway
The first railway to be built in Ireland was the Dublin and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) Railway (D&KR), a distance of six miles. The contractor was one William Dargan, now known as the founder of railways in Ireland due to his participation in many of the main routes built on the island. The D&KR was notable in being one of the earliest dedicated commuter railways in the world. The planning undertaken is also noteworthy, a full traffic survey of the existing road traffic was made, in addition to careful land surveys.
As well as the traffic survey showing existing volumes to be healthy, there was the traffic potential from the ever expanding port at Kingstown. On 17 December 1834 the locomotive Hibernia brought a train the full route from the terminus at Westland Row (now Pearse Station) near Trinity College Dublin all the way to Dunleary, about half a mile north of Kingstown. The railway was built to a gauge of 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm). The entire route is still part of the modern day Dublin Area Rapid Transit electrified commuter rail system.
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