CIE International Tours specialises in coach tours of Ireland. The company has offices in London, New York, Paris, Dusseldorf and Dublin. Most of these operators concentrate on non-scheduled services such as school transport and coach tours. The present railway network consists of a radial system of 1,900 route kilometres with Dublin as the focal point. The rail gauge is 1,600 mm, differing from the rest of Europe but common to the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Rail operates passenger and freight services.
Eireann also operates a roadfreight service. The system includes the original stretch between central Dublin and Dun Laoghaire, the world s first commuter railway, opened in 1834. The international airports at Dublin, Shannon and Cork handle about 8 million passengers and 94,000 tonnes of freight annually. The busiest airport is Dublin with annual traffic of 6 million passengers and over 65,000 tonnes of freight. Many international airlines provide scheduled services between Ireland and destinations in Europe and North America.