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Clontarf Road station,
located at the north end of Fairview DART depot, opened in 1997. The
station was one of the first of the newer style suburban stations to be
built by IE, and now serves both the Clontarf and Fairview areas. The
already mentioned DART depot, and stabling sidings which partly flank
the up side of the station, were in fact first built by the Great
Northern Railway in the late 1950s as their diesel railcar depot, which
was then expended with the introduction of the electrified DART trains
in 1984. Further expansion of the depot has resulted in newer longer
stabling sidings been built on the down side of the line at the south
end of the station. Prior to the mid 1970s, the sea used to actually
come right up against the embankment where Clontarf Rd station is now
situated. The station is a good location to witness both the Enterprise
and empty Tara Mines freight trains accelerating north, along with both
non stop suburban services formed usually of 29000 railcars. |
.JPG "071 Class locomotive No.072 heads...")
.JPG "8100 & 8500 Class DART units pass...")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive No.8202 propels...")
.JPG "2600 Class railcar 2614 approaches...")
.JPG "2604 passes through Clontarf Road...")
.JPG "Refurbished LHB 8100 Class DART unit...")
.JPG "8312 departs Clontarf Road station...")
.JPG "8130 departs Clontarf Road station...")
.JPG "Another 8100 LHB DART unit, 8323, is...")
.JPG "8200 Class DART No.8403 arrives at...")
.JPG "NIR's 111 Class locomotive No.111...")
.JPG "111 heading through Clontarf Rd...")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive No.207 makes a...")
.JPG "DART inside a DART at the sidings...")
.JPG "LHB 8100 Class DART pantograph, seen...")
.JPG "View from the footbridge at Clontarf...")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive 206 heads out of...")
.JPG "2602 heads past Clontarf Rd with a...")
.JPG "8500 Class DART 8615 approaches...")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive 084 passes...")
.JPG "084 approaches Clontarf Rd station...")
.JPG "Linke Hoffman Busch DART units at...")
.JPG "8200 Class DART No.8405 approaches...")
.JPG "8200 Class DART 8203 at Clontarf Rd...")
.JPG "8100 Class DART unit 8106 departs...")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive 207 speeds...")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive 072 powers...")
.JPG "072 powers through Clontarf with the...")
.JPG "8606 approaches Clontard Rd station,...")
.JPG "WT 2-6-4 tank No.4, dating from 1947,...")
.JPG "8100 Class DART unit No.8339, dating...")
.JPG "8100 Class DART units Nos.8125 and...")
.JPG "4-car 8100 Class DART trains usually...")
.JPG "8329 arrives on a southbound working ...")
.JPG "Cab side views of 8125 and 8122 at...")
.JPG "A scene at the north end of Clontarf...")
.JPG "8304 is at the rear of an 8100 Class...")
.JPG "No mistaking it's Halloween at...")
.JPG "8601 approaches Clontarf Rd station...")
.JPG "201 Class loco No.230 makes a rather...")
.JPG "071 Class loco 078 is seen heading a...")
.jpg "078, which could be mistaken as 076...")
.JPG "078 picks up some speed as it gets a...")
.JPG "8500 & 8100 Class DARTs Nos.8637 and...")
.JPG "A study of 8115 in the sidings at the...")
.JPG "8102 arrives at Clontarf Rd with a...")
.JPG "233 heads the 13:20 'Enterprise' this...")
.JPG "A black & silver 071 Class follows...")
.JPG "8100 DART 8124 is seen in the wash...")
.JPG "8208 with its matching 'Enterprise'...")
.JPG "2600 Class railcar 2615 approaches...")
.JPG "8500 DART No.8530 approaches Clontarf...")
.JPG "8631 stands on the rear of a...")
.JPG "De Dietrich 'Enterprise' driving van...")
.JPG "206 is the locomotive propelling the...")
.JPG "Signal CY17, CY for Connolly, located...")
.JPG "209 has a clear road as it...")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29129 heads north...")
.JPG "On a very dull day 071 Class 086...")
.JPG "8100 DART 8140 is seen coupled up to...")
.JPG "8500 DART 8605 is seen detatched from...")
.JPG "The other end of the DART set to...")
.JPG "A track machines approaches Clontarf...")
.JPG "2800 Class railcar 2810 coasts on the...")
.JPG "2603 is seen on the rear of an empty...")
.JPG "8100 DART 8305 creates some sparks as...")
.JPG "8500 DART 8625 rolls into Clontarf Rd...")
.JPG "8628 is seen on the rear of this...")
.JPG "From the footbridge again at Clontarf...")
.JPG "9001 is the 'Enterprise' DVT on this...")
.JPG "2600 railcar 2604 likewise passes...")
.jpg "In more pleasant, 8208 heads the...")
.JPG "Finally an 071 Class is captured at...")
