Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
02 May 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 |
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Balbriggan | 12th May - 17th May | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Booterstown | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray | 17th May and 18th May | Essential track maintenance (points/track repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray | 20th May & 21st May | Essential track maintenance (vegetation control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray - Shankill | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clongriffin - Portmarnock | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clonsilla – M3 Parkway | 21st May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf – Killester | 12th May – 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (drainage works at UBB8A). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf – Malahide | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (installing beacons on platforms). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - East Wall | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly Station | 19th May – 21st May | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clara, Co Offaly | • Tuesday 13th May to Friday 16th May inclusive • Tuesday 20th May to Friday 23rd May inclusive • Tuesday 27th May to Friday 30th May inclusive |
Contractors and Irish Rail staff are engaged to carry out safety critical track maintenance works near Clara Railway Station, Co Offaly. All the above works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively. On Saturday 16th May 2025 works will also take place from 6pm until 8am on Sunday 17th May. |
Dalkey | 14th May - 17th May | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda – Dundalk | 21st May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drumcondra - North Wall | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dun Laoghaire | 19th May – 25th May | West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Dun Laoghaire – Salthill | 19th May – 25th May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance and points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dundalk | 21st May – 24th May | Dunleer compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Fairview Depot | 12th May - 17th May | Essential track maintenance (points repair). 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 | 19th May – 22nd May | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Grand Canal Dock | 23rd May & 24th May | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Greystones | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Greystones | 21st May – 24th May | Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Greystones - Ennis Lan (The Grove) | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance & vegetation control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch | 12th May - 17th May | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston Station | 12th May - 19th May | Essential track maintenance (replacing a switch panel). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston Station | 19th May – 25th May | Essential track maintenance (replacing a switch panel). 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 - Bayside | 16th May and 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (track survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Junction - Howth | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilbarrack – Howth Junction | 21st May – 23rd May | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare - Cherryville | 6th May – 14th June | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). 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 |
Kilkenny | 13th May - 7th June | Thomastown to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killucan - Ashtown | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Leixlip - Maynooth | 12th May - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lucan North | 19th May – 24th May | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Lucan North | 12th May - 17th May | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Malahide | 19th May – 24th May | Essential bridge maintenance (OBB27) (vegetation control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Malahide – Drogheda | 19th May – 22nd May | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth – Ashtown | 21st May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Phoenix Tunnel | 19th May – 25th May | Essential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portlaoise | 12th May - 17th May | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portlaoise | 19th May – 24th May | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portmarnock | 19th May – 24th May | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Portmarnock – Malahide | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington | 19th May – 24th May | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sallins | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (installing beacons on platforms). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sherlockstown | 20th May & 21st May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Raheny - Kilbarrack | 14th May - 16th May | Essential linear track maintenance (track survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sutton | 12th May - 17th May | Sutton Level Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Sutton | 24th May & 25th May | Sutton Level Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Wicklow | 12th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (cable installation/containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Woodbrook – Bray | 19th May – 24th May | Essential linear track maintenance (prep works for re-railing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Contact our Community Liaison, Infrastructure Department
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