2026 marks the 125th anniversary of the takeover of the Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway (WL&WR) by the Great Southern & Western Railway (GSWR) in 1901. This was a significant in Irish railway history.

2026 marks 50 years since the re-opening of the former Belfast Central Railway route which incorporated the opening of what is now known as Belfast Lanyon Place station (or Belfast Central as it was called at the time).

The railway line to Ardee opened in 1896, closed to passengers in the 1930s but stayed open for goods and special excursion trains and railtours until 1975.