Ireland’s first purpose-built commuter town signalled its arrival today when trains rolled into its gleaming new station.

Rail chiefs predicted today that 100 million passengers would be travelling on the train network when a new underground line through the heart of Dublin opens in 2015.

RAIL services will be running in and out of Dublin’s new Docklands Station in 2007 taking 10,000 cars off the city streets, Transport Minister Martin Cullen said yesterday.

Rail services will be running in and out of Dublin’s new Docklands Station in 2007 taking 10,000 cars off the city streets, Transport Minister Martin Cullen said today.

A CENTRAL transport authority for Dublin must be set up if the hugely ambitious plans for a major overhaul of public transport in the capital are to be realised, business leaders and politicians said yesterday.

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN says its plan for a Dublin commuter rail network will provide a far better and more cost-effective service than the €2 billion metro line proposed by Transport Minister Seamus Brennan.