Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
24 April 2025
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:
| Station / Area | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Athlone | 26th April - 27th April | Emergency Safety Critical track maintenance works on the Athlone to Galway Rail Line at the rear of the Cluainbroc Housing estate, Monksland, Athlone. Works will take place from 18:00 on 26th April until 05:00 on 27th April. |
| Bayside – Howth | 28th April – 1st May | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Blackrock – Seapoint | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Cherryville | 22nd April – 26th April | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Cherryville | 28th April – 3rd May | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Clongriffin | 23rd April – 26th April | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Clongriffin – Malahide | 23rd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Clonsilla – M3 Parkway | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Connolly – East Wall | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Connolly – Ossory Road | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Connolly – Pearse | 28th April – 2nd May | Essential linear track maintenance (installation of check rail). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Drogheda | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Dun Laoghaire | 22nd April – 27th April | West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Dun Laoghaire | 22nd April – 27th April | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Dundalk | 30th April – 3rd May | Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Dundalk – Newry | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (cable installation/containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Glasnevin | 26th April & 27th April | Reilly’s Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Glasnevin Junction | 26th April & 27th April | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Glenageary – Dalkey | 14th April – 23rd May | Essential linear track maintenance (track formation & renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Gormanstown | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (tidy up works following rerailing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Greystones | 23rd April – 25th April | Essential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Greystones | 28th/29th/30th April & 2nd May – 6th May | Essential track maintenance (rail repair & overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Hazelhatch | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance ballast maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Heuston Station – Cherry Orchard | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance ballast maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Hill of Down | 26th February – 17th May | Essential track maintenance (cable installation/containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Howth Junction – Howth | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections/breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kildare | 22nd April – 26th April | Thomastown. Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kildare – Curragh | 18th March – 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kildare – Portarlington | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair & cobra packing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killucan to Ashtown | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Lansdowne Road | 26th April & 27th April | Essential track maintenance (overhead cable inspection). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Leixlip – Maynooth | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Lucan North | 22nd April – 26th April | Foley’s yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Malahide Station – Malahide Viaduct | 28th April – 2nd May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Mallow to Buttevant Mallow to Cork Kent Kent to Glounthaune Glounthaune to Midleton, Cork. | 1st - 30th April | Essential railway intermittent signalling and twin-track programme works incorporating areas along Cork commuter rail corridor. |
| Maynooth – Ashtown | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Newbridge | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Newbridge – Portarlington | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair & cobra packing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| North Wall | 28th April – 2nd May | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Pearse – Connolly | 22nd April – 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (installation of check rail). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Pearse – Grand Canal Dock | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Phoenix Park Tunnel | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Portmarnock | 28th April – 2nd May | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Rushbrooke, Cobh branch line, Cork Monard (28th-30th) Blarney ( 25th, 28th, 29th) Mallow (22nd, 23rd) Rathduff(24th) | 1st - 30th April | Embankment stabilisation works Intermittent on-track ground investigations surveys |
| Sallins – Hazelhatch | 28th April – 3rd May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Sandymount – Sydney Parade | 28th April & 29th April | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Shankill | 3rd May & 4th May | Essential Bridge maintenance (OBR130). Use of heavy on track machinery needed – 06:00-22:00hrs. |
| Skerries | 22nd April – 26th April | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Sutton | 28th April – 1st May | Sutton Level Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Sutton | 22nd April – 26th April | Sutton Level Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Sydney Parade | 23rd - 25th April | Essential track maintenance (prep works for upcoming Level Crossing renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Sydney Parade | 30th April/1st May & 2nd May – 6th May | Essential track maintenance (Level Crossing Renewal Works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Sydney Parade – Booterstown | 29th April & 30th April | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |