Journey details – Commuter service, and Intercity connections
Journey time between Midleton and Cork is 23-24 minutes, and all trains serve Midleton and Carrigtwohill, as well as Glounthaune, Little Island and Kent Station Cork.
As well as offering a strong commuter service, the new Midleton timetable offers excellent connections to the Cork-Dublin Intercity service, maximising the benefit of this new infrastructure.
The infrastructure also offers the potential to expand services in the future to every 15 minutes, as demand increases.
Each train will be a two-carriage commuter train, with capacity for 320 passengers, including seating for 129 passengers. Platforms have also been built to accommodate future expansion to four-carriage trains.
Midleton line project
The €75 million investment in the Midleton line includes:
- upgrading track on the previously disused Glounthaune to Midleton line, through provision of a single track with a passing loop at Carrigtwohill
- providing a new signalling system
- provision of two new stations at Midleton and Carrigtwohill, including extensive car parking facilities (340 spaces and 180 spaces respectively), lifts and footbridges
- the replacement of a range of level crossings with bridges
- other infrastructure work including bridge, boundary and drainage works
Glounthaune to Midleton Railway
