Future
The future of some of the class is currently unclear. All of the non push-pull locomotives (201-205 and 210-214) were placed in storage at Inchicore during 2009, the last being 214 in July. This is due to the withdrawal and replacement of the Mark 3 coaching fleet with the 22000 Class railcars on the vast majority of passenger services. This will leave the Dublin-Cork services, with the Mark 4, as the only locomotive hauled passenger service operated by Iarnród Éireann. The reduction in the number of locomotive hauled passenger workings, combined with the steady withdrawal of older GM locomotives, has seen 201 Class locomotives increasingly used on freight workings, while four push-pull capable units have been transferred to Enterprise to ease the strain on the four original units. Iarnród Éireann plans to store some of its remaining push-pull capable Mark 3 coaches, which could potentially be used with 201 Class locomotives to enhance Enterprise's service.
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