New DART rail schedule comes into effect

A new rail schedule on all intercity, DART and Commuter services is coming into effect today.

Rail passengers can pick up copies of the new timetables at their local stations or on-line on the Irish rail homepage.

The new schedule includes hourly services in both directions between Dublin and Cork and more Limerick to Dublin services.

There will be more commuter services into Dublin city from Kildare and Maynooth and new services from Mayo.