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{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{Infobox EMU
| name = Iarnród Éireann 8200 Class
| image = DART class 8200, built by Alstom.jpg
| caption = 8405 at [[Fairview DART depot|Fairview TMD]]
| imagesize = 300px
| background = #6CE08F
| manufacturer = [[Alstom]]
| family = 
| operator = [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]]
| numberscrapped = 7.5, incl. rear 8401
| formation = 2 cars per trainset: DM-DT
| yearscrapped = 2025
| numberbuilt = 5 trainsets
| numberpreserved = 1.5, Front half 8401, 8405 for fire and rescue training.
| yearconstruction = 1999 – 2000
| fleetnumbers = DM: 8201 – 8205<br />DT: 8401 – 8405
| stocktype = Electric Multiple Unit
| service = 2000 – 2008 (Intermittent service)
| maxspeed = {{convert|110|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| collectionmethod = [[Pantograph (rail)|Pantograph]]
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1600mm|lk=on}} <br />See [[Rail gauge in Ireland]] <!-- [[Rail gauge#Ireland|1,600mm]]-->
| electricsystem = 1,500 V DC [[Overhead line|Overhead wires]]
}}
The [[Iarnród Éireann]] '''8200 Class''' [[electric multiple unit]]s were built for the [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]] (DART). The units were two-car sets, of which there were five. They were numbered in the sequence 820X+840X. 820X units are power cars while 840X units are unpowered driving trailers.

==History==
The units first entered service in 2000. The units had operated in multiple with the [[IE 8500 Class|8500]] and [[IE 8510 Class|8510]] classes.

The five members of this class spent long periods out of service, the most recent being from summer 2007 until March 2008. Following a brief return to service of all coaches with the exception of 8204/8404, all units were withdrawn from service yet again, with Iarnród Éireann citing frequent breakdowns and small seating as their reason for early withdrawal.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} They were stabled in [[Fairview DART depot]] during these periods of being out of service.  In 2012 the units were  tendered for sale, but were not sold.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

They remained decommissioned at [[Inchicore Works]], clear of catenary until reportedly around October 2023, when 8401 was repainted and cut in half for use at NTA's Wayfinding Centre in Glasnevin, Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Centre to help people with disabilities access public transport unveiled |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/centre-to-help-people-with-disabilities-access-public-transport-unveiled-1582618.html |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=BreakingNews.ie |language=en}}</ref> in March 2025 8405 was moved to Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service new Learning & Development College.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/NIFRSOFFICIAL/videos/welcome-to-our-new-learning-development-college-a-place-where-lifelong-learning-/1207845750731565/ |title=52K views · 616 reactions {{!}} Welcome to our new Learning & Development College, a place where lifelong learning begins. 🔗... {{!}} By Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service {{!}} Facebook |language=en |access-date=2025-06-28 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref> The remaining members of the class were scrapped between April and July 2025.

== Fleet details ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Class
!Operator
!Number
!Year Built
!Cars per Set
!Unit nos.
!Withdrawn
!Scrapped
!Notes
|-
|8200 Class
|DART
|align=center|5
|align=center|1999-2000
|align=center|2
|8201/8401 – 8205/8405
|align=center|2007-2008
|October 2023 (8201/8401 only)
|All stored at Inchicore railway works/Inchicore Works (off rails), except 8401 was cut in half in November 2023.
|}

==See also==
{{commons category|IE 8200 Class}}
*[[Multiple Units of Ireland]]
*[[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]]
*[[IE 8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.irishrail.ie/about-us/fleet Irish Rail Fleet Information webpage ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414181407/http://www.irishrail.ie/about-us/fleet |date=14 April 2015 }}
{{Ireland Multiple Units}}

[[Category:Iarnród Éireann multiple units]]
[[Category:Alstom multiple units]]
[[Category:1500 V DC multiple units]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 2000]]


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