Multiple Units of Ireland
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A wide variety of diesel and electric multiple units have been used on Ireland's railways. This page lists all those that have been used in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It should be noted that except with the NIR 3000 class the numbers given by each class in the lists below are those allocated to the coaches that make up the units in that class, otherwise unit numbers are not used in Ireland.
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[edit] Republic of Ireland
Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE), which controlled the Republic's railways between 1945-86, mainly used locomotives and hauled stock for its passenger trains. What diesel multiple unit cars it did have were numbered in the 25xx series. Since 1987, Iarnród Éireann (IE) have been increasing the use of this type of train, in order to replace older locomotives and carriages. The only electrified railway network in Ireland is the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system. Its fleet of electric multiple units is numbered in the 8xxx series.
Diesel Multiple Units
- 2500 Class: Numbers 2501-2507
- 2600 Class (1st): Numbers 2601-2668
- 2600 Class (2nd): Numbers 2601-2617
- 2700 Class: Numbers 2701-2726, 2751,2753 (number 2725 not used)
- 2800 Class: Numbers 2801-2820
- 2900 Class: Numbers 29101+29201+29301+29401 to 29120+29220+29320+29420 (formerly sequentially numbered 2901-2980, renumbered to allow extension of class beyond 100 units) Also 29121 etc to 29129 etc delivered with new numbers already applied
- 22000 Class
Electric Multiple Units
- 8100 Class: Numbers 8101+8301 to 8140+8340
- 8200 Class: Numbers 8201+8401 to 8205+8405
- 8500 Class: Numbers 8601+8501+8502+8602 to 8607+8507+8508+8608
- 8510 Class: Numbers 8611+8511+8512+8612 to 8615+8515+8516+8616
- 8520 Class: Numbers 8621+8521+8522+8622 to 8639+8539+8540+8640
[edit] Northern Ireland
The majority of passenger services in Northern Ireland have been operated by diesel multiple units since the mid-1950s (the major exception being the locomotive-hauled Enterprise service between Belfast and Dublin), under the tenure of both the Ulster Transport Authority (1948-1966) and Northern Ireland Railways (since 1967). From 2001, all items of rolling stock in use on NIR had 8000 added to their number so as to be part of the Translink number series, which incorporates their road vehicles. The new 3000 Class stock are the first multiple units to be numbered from new in the Translink series.
- Railcars: Numbers 1-5
- AEC Class: Numbers 6-7, 528
- MED Class: Numbers 8-35, 501-527
- MPD Class: Numbers 36-65, 529-550
- 70 Class: Numbers 71-78, 701-728
- 80 Class: Numbers 67-69, 81-99, 731-780
- 450 Class: Numbers 451+791+781 to 459+799+789
- 3000 Class: Numbers 3301+3501+3401 to 3323+3523+3423 Units 3001-3023
[edit] Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) straddled the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland, and so was not incorporated in either the CIE or UTA. However, mounting losses saw the network purchased jointly by the Irish and British governments on 1 September 1953. It was run as a joint board, independent of the CIE and UTA, until 30 September 1958 when it was dissolved and the remaining stock split equally between the two railways.
- AEC Class
- BUT Class
