Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works

Here you will find a complete list of planned night-time track works to Iarnród Éireann rail services.

Iarnród Éireann is committed to providing a quality train service to the large number of DART, Commuter and Intercity passengers using the railway on a daily basis. In order to ensure safe delivery of these public services we have to constantly maintain and improve the track infrastructure. Most of this work is safety critical maintenance work which has to take place at night when passenger trains are not running. This work can be noisy and affect people whose homes are near the operating railway as it involves the use of on-track machines and power tools.

We endeavour to notify house owners adjacent to the railway of any planned night-time works near their homes. In the case of apartment blocks and multiple units, communication is primarily through the relevant management companies or multiple unit owners.

Night-time track works can involve:

  • Points and Crossing maintenance
  • Plain Line Track maintenance
  • Vegetation Control
  • Bridge maintenance and Renewals
  • Ballasting Works
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Night-time track works generally take place between midnight and 6am, except on Sundays when work can continue until 8am.

On some occasions, emergency works have to be carried out at short notice and it is not possible to advise home owners in advance. Also, some maintenance work is linear in nature and can be spread over approximately 2km on any one night alone, making it impractical to notify all of the homes that may be affected.

For alterations and amendments to the scheduled timetable due to line improvement works please see our Upcoming Line Improvement Works page.

The following currently scheduled night-time works are in close proximity to residential areas:

 AreaDateLocation
Ballyfermot/Cherry Orchard29th June – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance (rerailing tidy up works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Barrow Street – South Lotts road6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (retaining wall masonry repairs and repointing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Booterstown – Dun Laoghaire13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (re-railing works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Bray Station13th July – 18th JulyEssential bridge maintenance (repairing steps to station footbridge). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Bray6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (points repair/station footbridge repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Carlow8th June – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Castleknock6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co.Kilkenny7th July – 11th JulyMullinavat to Ballyhale. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co.Kilkenny13th July – 18th JulyKnockmoylan to Thomastown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Connolly – Clontarf6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (points repair/vegetation removal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Connolly Station13th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Coolmine6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed

Cork area

Mallow to Kent
Kent to Midleton
Carrigaloe to Cobh

Upgrades to the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) network include enhancements to the existing signalling system to support future capacity increases.

These works require night‑time activity when commuter services are not operating.

6th – 31st July

Delivery and installation of cable troughing and signal bases between;

Tralee Junction, Burnfort, Monard, Blarney to Cork

Kent Station to Midleton,

Carrigaloe to Cobh.
Curragh – Cherryville18th May – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dalkey9th July – 10th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Dalkey – Killiney6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Donabate8th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Drogheda13th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Drumcondra – North Wall13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (scrap removal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dun Laoghaire13th July – 18th July West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Dun Laoghaire – Dalkey13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dun Laoghaire – Killiney7th July – 10th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Enfield6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Enfield13th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Glasnevin Junction – Docklands18th July – 19th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (masonry repairs/repointing). Use of heavy on/off track machinery needed
Gormanstown13th July – 18th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Hazelhatch13th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance (rail drop). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Hazelhatch – Kishogue6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Howth Junction – Clongriffin17th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (track repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Howth Junction – Howth13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance/overhead cable inspections). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Howth Junction – Howth6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Irish Life Building13th July – 18th JulyEssential bridge maintenance (UBLL42/UBLL43). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kilcock13th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance (sweeping). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kilcock6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (sweeping). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kildare13th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Killiney13th July – 18th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Killucan-M3 Parkway – Ashtown13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Killucan-M3 Parkway – Ashtown6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Leixlip6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (sweeping). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Lucan North6th July – 11th JulyFoley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Lucan North13th July – 18th JulyFoley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Malahide7th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (removal of spoil). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Maynooth6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (sweeping). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Maynooth Railway Station to Ferrans Lock, Kilcock 8th - 15th JulyOn-track survey works requiring machinery including excavators, rail mounted plant and equipment to perform soil sampling and dynamic probing to inform DART+ Depot project design.
North Wall13th July – 18th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Pearse – Lansdowne Road13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (retaining wall maintenance/points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Pearse – Grand Canal Dock6th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance (litter picking & veg control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Portmarnock14th July – 18th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Portmarnock7th July – 11th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Portmarnock – Malahide14th July – 18th JulyEssential track maintenance (removal of spoil/track repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Raheny7th July – 10th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Sallins13th July – 19th JulyEssential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sallins6th July – 11th JulyEssential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sandymount – Booterstown13th July – 18th JulyEssential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sherlockstown13th July – 19th JulyEssential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Skerries13th July – 18th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Spin Bridge6th July – 11th JulyAccess/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Wexford Town7th July – 11th JulyEssential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
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