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(I propose to post answers no earlier than Friday but it could be after this).
1. Name the two principal railway termini in Dublin.
2. The Enterprise runs between the cities of ___ and ____ (half mark for each placename!)
3. Name the missing station in this list of the four intermediate stations on the now mothballed South Wexford line: Bridgetown, Wellingtonbridge, Ballycullane, ___________ (Clues: it was sadly the location of a bombing in World War II and three local people lost their lives and it is not too far from Irelands longest railway bridge).
4. The largest gap on the railway map of Britain and Ireland may well be the significant area of the North West and North of Ireland that is devoid of any mainline railways whatsoever. Name two such counties devoid of railways:
5. The station of Cahir has something of an olde worlde atmosphere. Is Cahir an intermediate station on (a) the Limerick Junction-Clonmel-Waterford (Plunkett) line? or, (b) the Limerick (Colbert) Ennis Galway (Céannt) line?
6. Following is a list of passenger lines opened in Ireland in the last few years. However the list has an odd man/odd woman out to be found!
(a) Midleton Glounthaune (Cóbh Junction near Cork); (b) Clonsilla M3 Parkway (M3 Parkway has also been referred to as Pace); (c) Westport Achill; (d) Ennis Gort Athenry.
7. From which Irish station do additional trains sometimes operate in conjunction with visiting cruise liners at the adjacent berth?
8. The DART electric train service in Dublin has been a resounding success. What do the initials stand for?
9. The only integrated rail station cum ferry terminal remaining on the island of Ireland is the (open) station of?
10. Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) was formed in: (i) 1927; (ii) 1834; (iii) 1983; (iv) 1987.
The best of luck!
1. Name the two principal railway termini in Dublin.
2. The Enterprise runs between the cities of ___ and ____ (half mark for each placename!)
3. Name the missing station in this list of the four intermediate stations on the now mothballed South Wexford line: Bridgetown, Wellingtonbridge, Ballycullane, ___________ (Clues: it was sadly the location of a bombing in World War II and three local people lost their lives and it is not too far from Irelands longest railway bridge).
4. The largest gap on the railway map of Britain and Ireland may well be the significant area of the North West and North of Ireland that is devoid of any mainline railways whatsoever. Name two such counties devoid of railways:
5. The station of Cahir has something of an olde worlde atmosphere. Is Cahir an intermediate station on (a) the Limerick Junction-Clonmel-Waterford (Plunkett) line? or, (b) the Limerick (Colbert) Ennis Galway (Céannt) line?
6. Following is a list of passenger lines opened in Ireland in the last few years. However the list has an odd man/odd woman out to be found!
(a) Midleton Glounthaune (Cóbh Junction near Cork); (b) Clonsilla M3 Parkway (M3 Parkway has also been referred to as Pace); (c) Westport Achill; (d) Ennis Gort Athenry.
7. From which Irish station do additional trains sometimes operate in conjunction with visiting cruise liners at the adjacent berth?
8. The DART electric train service in Dublin has been a resounding success. What do the initials stand for?
9. The only integrated rail station cum ferry terminal remaining on the island of Ireland is the (open) station of?
10. Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) was formed in: (i) 1927; (ii) 1834; (iii) 1983; (iv) 1987.
The best of luck!
