Plans lodged to extend DART services to Drogheda in ‘significant step forward’

The extension of the DART to Drogheda has today taken a “significant step forward” as Iarnród Éireann lodged a Railway Order application with An Bord Pleanála. The extension, which will serve communities along the coast from Dublin, will go from Malahide to Drogheda MacBride Station. Subject to planning permission and funding arrangements, construction works on the route could commence later this decade, it said, taking around three years to complete. Read the full story here.