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

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:

Upcoming Night-time track works across the railway network

Contact our Community Liaison, Infrastructure Department

Contact our Community Liaison, Infrastructure Department
Area	Date	Location
Ballycumber, Co. Offaly	Monday 7th September to Friday 11th September Tuesday 15th September to Friday 18th September Monday 21st September to Friday 25th September Tuesday 29th September to Friday 2nd October	Contractors and Irish Rail staff are engaged to carry out safety critical track maintenance works near Ballycumber, Co. Offaly. The above works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively.
Ballyfermot	17^th August – 17^th October	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Blackrock – Dun Laoghaire	3^rd August – 14^th November	Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Bray Head	1^st September – 10^th October	Essential track/bridge maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Clonsilla – Pelletstown	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (vegetation control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Clontarf	15^th September – 18^th September	Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co.Kilkenny	8^th September – 13^th September	Thomastown to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co.Kilkenny	14^th September – 20^th September	Derrynahinch to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Connolly – Pearse	14^th September – 19^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (ballast/bridge & points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Connolly Station	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Craughwell Station, Co. Galway	Tuesday 1st September to Friday 4th September Monday 7th September to Friday 11th September Tuesday 15th September to Friday 18th September	Contractors and Irish Rail staff are engaged to carry out safety critical track maintenance works near Craughwell station, Co. Galway. The works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively.
Crusheen Area	16th September – 19th September	Ballasting works between 22:00 to 05:00
Docklands – Newcomen Bridge	8^th September – 11^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Donabate	8^th September – 12^th September	Essential track maintenance (site investigation works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Drogheda	8^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Drumcondra – North Strand	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Greystones	1^st September – 10^th October	Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Hawthorn Drive, Renmore Co. Galway	Thursday 4th September Friday 5th September Saturday 6th September Sunday 7th September	Contractors and Irish Rail staff are engaged to carry out safety critical track maintenance works near Hawthorn Drive, Renmore Co. Galway The above works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively.
Hazelhatch	14^th September – 19^th September	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Hazelhatch	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Heuston Station	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential track maintenance (switch panel post renewal works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Howth Junction – Howth	7^th September – 8^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kilbarrack	10^th September – 11^th September	Essential bridge maintenance (UBB17). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kilbarrack – Howth Junction	18^th September – 19^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Killester	15^th September – 18^th September	Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Killiney – Shankill	15^th September – 19^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Killiney – Shankill	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kishogue – Adamstown	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Lansdowne Road – Sydney Parade	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Laytown	14^th September – 19^th September	Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Laytown	8^th September – 10^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Leixlip	14^th September – 20^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Limerick City Area	7th September – 12th September	Hedgecutting works 22:00 to 05:00
Lucan North	14^th September – 20^th September	Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Lucan North	7^th September – 12^th September	Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Malahide	15^th September – 19^th September	Essential track maintenance (vegetation removal from retaining walls). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Malahide	8^th September – 12^th September	Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Maynooth- M3 Parkway - Glasnevin	14^th September – 20^th September	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Molerick	24th August – 28th August	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Oranmore Station, Co. Galway	From 20th July for 30-40 weeks	Trackside drainage and double tracking in the vicinity of Oranmore Station as part of an Enhancements Project to allow train services to double in frequency, providing 30-minute intervals in each direction
Oranmore and Athenry, Co. Galway	• Monday 7th September to Friday 11th September • Tuesday 15th September to Friday 18th September • Monday 21st September to Friday 25th September	Safety critical track maintenance works between Oranmore and Athenry. Works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively.
North Wall	14^th September – 19^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Pearse – Grand Canal Dock	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Portarlington	18^th September – 21^st September	Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Portmarnock	8^th September – 11^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Portmarnock – Malahide	8^th September – 11^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Raheny	15^th September – 19^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Raheny – Kilbarrack	15^th September – 19^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Reilly’s Crossing	7^th September – 12^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Sallins	14^th September – 19^th September	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sandymount – Booterstown	15^th September – 19^th September	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Shankill – Bray	15^th September – 19^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sherlockstown	14^th September – 19^th September	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sutton	7^th September – 8^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Sutton	14^th September – 15^th September	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Sutton – Howth	14^th September – 15^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sutton – Howth	7^th September – 8^th September	Essential linear track maintenance (IBJ/breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Townsend Street	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL47). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Westland Row	7^th September – 12^th September	Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL51). Use of heavy on track machinery needed