DUBLIN - BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH

IRELAND - ÉIRE

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1 Jan. 1945

The Dublin tram network on the day it was taken over by the Córas Iompair Éireann

Dublin tram photo



Dublin 1945 tram map


INSET: CENTRAL DUBLIN

Dublin 1945 downtown tram map



Note: Names of streets, squares etc. used below are those used at the time of the map - when different, today's names are added in square brackets. The maps use today's names only.

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

NP Nelson Pillar SGGS South Great George's Street

ROUTES

Dublin tramways

Operator: Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) (Transport System of Ireland)

  6 Nelson Pillar - Merrion Sq. - Ballsbridge - Blackrock
  7 Nelson Pillar - Merrion Sq. - Ballsbridge - Blackrock - Dún Laoghaire
  8 Nelson Pillar - Merrion Sq. - Ballsbridge - Blackrock - Dún Laoghaire - Dalkey
14 Nelson Pillar - Dame St. - South Great George's St. - Rathmines - Dartry Rd.
15 Nelson Pillar - Dame St. - South Great George's St. - Rathmines - Terenure

Hill of Howth Tramway

Operator: Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I))

   Sutton - Howth

Dates of abandonment of routes:

  • 30 March 1929: 22*
  • 31 July 1932: 4*
  • 16 Apr. 1938: 23, 24
  • 31 May 1938: 30
  • 1 Jan. 1939: 12
  • 5 March 1939: 19,20
  • 1 May 1939: 16,17
  • 2 July 1939: 11
  • 4 Feb. 1940: 21
  • 26 March 1940: 1, 2, 3
  • 12 Apr. 1940: 25, 26
  • 1 Dec. 1940: 18
  • 2 June 1940: 10
  • 6 June 1940: 9
  • 29 March 1941: 31
  • 31 Oct. 1948: 14,15
  • 9 July 1949: 6,7,8

* These lines were already abandoned before 1938.


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Dublin Tramways: ca. 15 km.
  • Hill of Howth Tramway: 9 km.