Fairview DART depot
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 Fairview DART depot seen from Alfie Byrne Road | |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Clontarf Road, Dublin 3, D03 K6E8, Ireland |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Iarnród Éireann |
| Type | EMU |
| History | |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Original | Great Northern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | Iarnród Éireann |
Fairview DART depot is a railway depot used for servicing electrical multiple units on the Dublin Area Rapid Transit system.
Facilities
[edit]There is a three road shed, train wash and sidings. It is located just south of Clontarf Road DART station on the Dublin-Belfast railway line. However, maintenance on DART units is also carried out at Inchicore Works. There is no wheel lathe at the depot and as a result, out of service Commuter (29000 Class) DMUs tow DART trains to the Drogheda Commuter depot in order to receive new wheels.[citation needed]
Fleet serviced at the depot
[edit]Driver changes
[edit]This depot is also used for the change of drivers on the DART line – much to the dissatisfaction of northside commuters, as the depot is 50 metres from the platform at Clontarf Road Station, making it arguably a more logical point at which to change drivers. Recent cost-benefit analysis has determined that this inefficiency costs the Irish economy c. €750,000 per annum in lost time.[citation needed]