#irishrail — Public Fediverse posts

Racing the train — I was genuinely curious whether the distant #IrishRail InterCity train or the approaching runner would reach me first along the banks of the #RoyalCanal east of #Maynooth.

I was hoping the’d get to me at the same time, but alas, the train ‘won’, so the runner is quite small.

https://www.europesays.com/ie/673342/ Ballyhaunis GAA pays tribute to ‘wonderful young boy’ who died in crash on way home from training #ballyhaunis #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #gaa #Gardaí #Headlines #IE #Ireland #IrishRail #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #mayo #News #TopStories #TopStories #tragedy #TrainAccident

https://www.europesays.com/ie/672914/ Boy killed in Mayo rail incident named locally as Eoin Doyle (12) – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #IrishRail #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #mayo #News #TopStories #TopStories

A summery view for the passengers on this #IrishRail InterCity service as it accelerates away from #Maynooth along the sun-soaked banks of the #RoyalCanal.

An #IrishRail Commuter train accelerating away from #Leixlip Confey station along the banks of the #RoyalCanal on a beautiful summer afternoon.

Unlike the steam loco due to pull this #RPSI “The Midlander” special, the #IrishRail 071-class diesel locos have two cabs, so the look the same from both ends! Here the loco is pulling the return leg from #Maynooth back to Dublin along the #RoyalCanal, using the opposite cab to the first leg!

A sunny summer commute for the passengers on this #IrishRail service to Dublin as it accelerates away from #Maynooth along a very lush and green #RoyalCanal. #train

Right on time, but not at all what myself and my fellow train spotters were expecting, the fifty year old diesel loco 071, in it’s commemorative original 1970s livery appeared pulling the #RPSI “the Midlander” ‘steam’ special towards #Maynooth at Pike Bridge on the #RoyalCanal. #IrishRail

An #IrishRail Commuter #train approaching #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal on a glorious summer afternoon!

A sunny view for the #IrishRail commuters on their way from Maynooth to Dublin along the #RoyalCanal yesterday ☀️

So in this dystopian future people under 16 won't be able to access real-time rail updates, and the rest of us will have to provide a passport and a selfie to find out if the train is running late !

#mastodaoine #IrishRail #x

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0615/1578495-social-media-ban-ireland/

A glimpse of a green #IrishRail Commuter train between all the greenery lining the #RoyalCanal as it passes the cutting between Carton House in #Maynooth, and the 13th lock in #Leixlip.

An #IrishRail InterCity passing Pike Bridge at the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at Carton House having just left #Maynooth on the final leg of it’s cross-country journey form Sligo to Dublin.

Between the showers — an #IrishRail Commuter service leaving #Maynooth en-route to Dublin along the banks of the #RoyalCanal with rapeseed blooms adding a welcome splash of yellow along the towpath.

Old meets new — I got lucky, and managed to snap a meeting of former Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNRi) 4-4-0 #steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion meeting an #IrishRail Commuter train at Matt Goff Bridge along the #RoyalCanal in #Leixlip. The loco was pulling an # RPSI (Railway Preservation Society of Ireland) “Midlander” special #train towards Maynooth.

An #IrishRail Commuter train climbing the bank up to Blakestown level crossing and the #RoyalCanal 13th lock near #Leixlip on a blustery May afternoon.

A sunny afternoon on the #RoyalCanal towpath in #Maynooth — I met plenty of fellow walkers enjoying this beautiful amenity as the #IrishRail trains rumbled past.

The rapeseed flowers are really coming into bloom, both in our fields, and, along our hedgerows, including along the banks of the #RoyalCanal near #Maynooth. Not quite the same shade of yellow as the safety front on the #IrishRail trains, but thought it was a fun pairing anyway 🙂 #Bloomscrolling

A traditional railway fan portrait of an #IrishRail InterCity class 2200 as it approaches #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal on the picturesque former MGWR line to Galway/Sligo/Cavan (only the line to Sligo remains today 🙁)

An #IrishRail InterCity enroute from Dublin to Sligo passing under Pike Bridge along the #RoyalCanal as it approaches #Maynooth on a beautiful spring afternoon.

It’s starting to feel like summer along the #RoyalCanal in #Maynooth as the #IrishRail Commuter trains role by under blue skies and fluffy clouds!

An #IrishRail InterCity accelerating away from #Maynooth along the #RoyalCanal en-route to Sligo on an April afternoon. #BlackAndWhite

Yellow meets yellow — a yellow-fronted #IrishRail Commuter train leaving #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal passes a cluster of yellow Dandelions. #Bloomscrolling

When you’re standing in a beautiful dusk scene it’s always tempting to shoot into the setting sun and get those amazing oranges, but when you turn the opposite way you get cool rich blues which can be beautiful in their own way!

I shot this #IrishRail commuter train approaching #Maynooth along a mirror-smooth #RoyalCanal with my back to the setting sun.

An evening #IrishRail commuter train pulling away from #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal as it starts its journey towards Dublin, bring home students after a busy day studying in #MaynoothUniversity.

Since it’s Saint Patrick's Day 🍀 🇮🇪: going through pictures taken in #Ireland in August 2024, travelling from #Dublin to #Belfast with the #IrishRail #Translink #Enterprise #InterCity. It’s a push-pull train. There’s an IÉ Class 201 diesel, and … (🥁) it’s got a bar-buffet style #DiningCar (sort of).

An #IrishRail Commuter train passing the Duke’s Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at Pike Bridge east of #Maynooth opposite the entrance to Carton House. The sun peeped through the racing clouds at just the right moment!

An #IrishRail InterCity passing the #RoyalCanal jetty at Jackson’s Bridge while the spring sun shines down on the still bare trees. The leaf buds on the trees are right on the verge of opening, so by next week the trees will probably be greening.

More letters to The Irish Times on the terrible service from #IrishRail and also #TransportForIreland and #BusÉireann

@marcusphelan Welcome to planet #SpeakerPhone where convos via such technology (including one overheard with curiously intimate exposé of a company's financial-pickle, naming names etc., that would have had a journalist purring with delight) has been a thing on #LUAS, #BusEireann, #IRISHRAIL and most public spaces since the year #dot (aka before #Covid) 😂 😂 Get in line for the train carriages where lads pull out 1980s boom box for a bit of trance...😂 😂