Multiple units of Ireland

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. Except with the NIR Class 3000, 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.

## Republic of Ireland

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Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), which controlled the Republic's railways between 1945 and 1987, mainly used locomotives and hauled stock for its passenger trains. What diesel multiple unit cars it did have were numbered in the 26xx series. Since 1987, Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has been increasing the use of this type of train, to replace older locomotives and carriages. The only electrified railway network in Ireland is the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system, in addition to the Luas which runs on a separate network. Its fleet of electric multiple units are numbered in the 8xxx series.

Despite appearing to be a DMU (especially the Driving Van-Trailer end), the Dublin Cork service Mark 4 is an 8-car Push–pull train.

### Diesel multiple units

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Class  | Manufacturer  | Date Built  | Number Built  | Withdrawn  | Image  | Scrapped

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AEC Class | Initial Order  | AEC | 1951–1956 | 66 | 1987 |  | 65
GNR Order  | 1951–1956  | 10  | 1975  |  | All
Bulleid Order  | Inchicore Works | 1956  |  | 1975  |
BUT Class | BUT | 1956–1957 | 12 | 1972–1975 |
80 Class | BREL | 1974 (Hired from NIR) | 3 | 1990 |  |
2600 Class (II) | Tokyu Car Corporation | 1993 | 17 | still in use |  | 0
2700 Class | GEC Alsthom | 1997–1998 | 12 | 2012 |
2750 Class | 2 |
2800 Class | Tokyu Car Corporation | 2000 | 10 | still in use |  | 2
29000 Class | CAF | 2002–2005 | 29 |  | 0
22000 Class | Hyundai Rotem | 2007–2011

2019–

| 63 |

### Electric multiple units

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Class  | Manufacturer  | Year Built  | Number Built  | Withdrawn  | Image  | Scrapped

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Drumm Battery Trains | Inchicore Works  | 1931
1938  | 4  | 1949  |  | All
8100 Class | Linke-Hofmann-Busch | 1983–1984 | 40 | still in use |  | 2
8200 Class | Alstom | 1999–2000 | 5 | 2007–2008 |  | 1
8500 Class | Tokyu Car Corporation | 2000 | 4 | still in use |  | 0
8510 Class | 2001 | 3 |
8520 Class | 2003–2004 | 10 |

## Northern Ireland

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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 3000 Class stock are the first multiple units to be numbered from new in the Translink series. NIR purchased an additional 20 Class 4000 DMUs which entered service in 2011 and 2012.

NIR purchased a Windhoff Multi-Purpose Vehicle for use as the Rail Head Treatment Train, equipped to lay sandite and high-pressure water. The MPV was procured to replace a converted Class 80 unit.

Class  | Manufacturer  | Number Built  | In Service  | Withdrawn  | Image

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AEC Class  | GNR Sets | GNR Works,

Dundalk

| 20 Power Cars

(10 After 1958)

| 1950–1972 | 1972 |
UTA 6 & 7 | UTA Works | 2 Power Cars  | 1951–1972  |
BUT Class | GNR Works,

Dundalk

| 24 Cars  | 1957–1980  | 1980  |
MED Class | NIR Works | 14 x 3-car sets | 1952–1978 | 1978 |
MPD Class | NIR Works | 2 x 5-car sets
10 × 3 car sets | 1958–1981 | 1981 |
70 Class | NIR Works | 8 x 3-car sets | 1966–1986 | 1986 |
Class 80 | BREL | 2, 3, 4 or 6 cars per set | 1975-2017 | 2011 (passenger use)
2017 (departmental use) |
RB3 | BREL/Leyland | 1 x single car | 1981–1990 | 1990 |
Class 450 | BREL | 9 x 3-car sets | 1985–2012 | 2012 |
Class 3000 | CAF | 23 x 3-car sets | 2005-present | still in use |
Class 4000 | CAF | 13 x 3-car sets
7 x 4-car sets | 2011-present | still in use |

## Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

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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 Tuesday 1 September 1953. It was run as a joint board, independent of the CIE and UTA, until Tuesday 30 September 1958 when it was dissolved and the remaining stock split equally between the 2 railways.

* AEC Class
* BUT Class

## Railcars in preservation

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Number  | Original company  | In service  | Preserved by  | Location

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B  | Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway | 1947–1971  | Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway | Downpatrick
6111 | CIÉ | 1952–1987
450 Class | 458  | Northern Ireland Railways | 1987–2012
798
788
Two–car

80 Class

| 69  | 1978–2017
749
Two–car

80 Class

| 90
752  | 1979–2017
RB002 | British Rail | 1984–1990  | Riverstown Old Mill  | Riverstown, Louth
Railcar 1  | Northern Counties Committee (LMS)  | 1933–1965  | Railway Preservation Society of Ireland | Whitehead
Railbus E  | Great Northern Railway | 1921–1965  | Ulster Folk and Transport Museum | Cultra
1  | County Donegal Railways | 1906–1956
10  | 1932–1959
12  | 1934–1959  | Foyle Valley Railway | Derry
15  | 1936–1959  | Donegal Railway Heritage Centre | Donegal
18  | 1940–1959  | Fintown Railway | Fintown
19  | 1951–1959  | Isle of Man Railway | Isle of Man

712  | CIÉ  | 1962–2005  | Irish Traction Group | Downpatrick
713  | Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway
1498 | 76773  | British Rail  | 1970–1993  | Quirky Glamping  | Enniscrone
62411
76844

## See also

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* Coaching stock of Ireland
* Diesel locomotives of Ireland
* Rail freight stock of Ireland
* Steam locomotives of Ireland
* Steam railmotors of Ireland

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Multiple units of Ireland

Republic of Ireland|

| Diesel multiple units|

* AEC
* BUT
* 2600 (I)
* 2600 (II)
* 2700
* 2750
* 2800
* 29000
* 22000

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Electric multiple units|

* Drumm Battery Train
* 8100
* 8200
* 8500
* 8510
* 8520
* 80000
* 90000

Families|

* Alstom Commuter
* CxK
* ICR
* Tokyu Commuter

Northern Ireland|

| Diesel multiple units|

* AEC
* BUT
* MED
* MPD
* 70
* 80
* 450
* 3000
* 4000
* MPV

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Families|

* CargoSprinter
* CxK
* Mark 2-derived
* Mark 3-derived

see also: Diesel locomotives of Ireland, Multiple units of Ireland

## External links

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* Irish Rail DART Fleet Information webpage
* Irish Rail Commuter Fleet Information webpage
* Japan Transport Engineering Company webpage

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