IARNRÓD Éireann issued a €45 million tender for consultants to help deliver a rail link to Navan from Dublin via the reopened line from Consilla to M3 Parkway, which reopened in 2010. It is expected that consultants will be appointed in early 2024 for a period of 52 months, to assist a newly established project team within IÉ, to progress all elements of the project, including:
Project scope and approvals Project concept Feasibility and option selection, including route feasibility and confirmation Preliminary design Planning and statutory process Detailed design and tender process and contract award Construction and implementation.
Precise timing of the project will be determined by funding and planning approvals. However, the NTA Greater Dublin AreaTransport Strategy targets the opening of the rail line in the early 2030s.
A spokesperson for IÉ said this was“an important milestone at the start of the journey to bring passenger rail services back to Navan, and other key population centres en route.”