Iarnród Éireann hides its logo on Belfast bound trains

Because there is now an hourly 

Irish Rail logo

rail service between Dublin and Belfast, both Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways have had to add extra rolling stock on the service.

Up to now the service was operated by trains built by De Dietrich in France. There are four sets of these trains in use, two operated by NI and two operated by IR. It is not possible to distinguish between NI and IR trains.

The extra rolling stock used by Irish Rail on the Dublin Belfast line are built by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea. These trains have the Irish logo on the side.

Because these trains are crossing into Northern Ireland it was deemed necessary the three colours, green, white and orange be removed from the logo.

There are plans to replace the old De Dietrich fleet with eight new, more sustainable trains through the Enterprise Fleet Replacement Programme.  

The sooner the better.