Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
07 February 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 | 4th - 9th February | Essential linear track (tidy up maintenance works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Ballyfermot | 4th - 15th February | Landen Road. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Blackrock - Dun Laoghaire | 6th - 8th February | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of hand tools needed |
Bray - Wicklow | 8th -9th February | Test Train |
Bray Yard |
4th - 7th February |
Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of hand tools needed |
Cherryville |
4th - 8th February 10th - 14th February |
Essential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherryville - Newbridge | 4th - 8th February | Essential linear bridge maintenance. Use of hand tools needed |
Clonsilla - M3 Parkway | 1st - 2nd February | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf - Killester | 29th January - 1st February | Essential linear track maintenance (tree cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf - Malahide | 4th - 8th February | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of hand tools needed |
Connolly - Malahide | 13th February | Test Train |
Connolly - Pearse |
26th December - 1st March |
Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 13th January - 15th February | Kearney’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
East Wall / North Strand | 7th - 9th February | Essential linear track maintenance (points repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Enfield - Ashtown | 4th - 8th February | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glasnevin - Connolly/Pearse | 7th - 8th February | Test Train |
Glasnevin Junction - Ashtown | 10th February – 14th February | Essential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Galway station to Renmore Barracks | 4th February to 14th February | Contractors and staff are engaged to carry out the resurfacing of the existing Military Pathway along the track from Galway train station to Renmore Barracks. To facilitate this, the pathway will be closed to the public from 8am on Tuesday 4th February 2025 until Friday February 14th at 6pm. |
Glenageary - Dalkey | 27th January -28th February | Essential linear track maintenance (tree cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Grand Canal Dock – Sydney Parade |
27th January – 1st February |
Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of hand tools needed |
Greystones | 5th February - 7th February | Essential track maintenance (cable repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch |
4th - 8th February 10th February - 14th February |
Essential track maintenance (track repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed. Essential linear track maintenance (Tamping works). |
Howth Junction - Drogheda | 9th - 10th February | Test Train |
Kilcock | 4th - 8th February |
Essentia track maintenance (vegetation removal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilcock | 4th - 11th February |
Spin Bridge. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Kildare - Portlarlington | 13th February - 14th February |
Essential linear track maintenance (Tamping works). Use of hand tools needed |
Kilkenny | 20th January - 2nd February | Thomastown to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance (tree cutting and general maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 4th - 22nd February | Dunbell to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance (vegetation removal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 4th - 8th February | Jerpoint to Ballyhale. Essential linear track maintenance (track repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kiliney - Dalkey | 4th - 8th February | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed. |
Kiliney - Shankill | 4th - 8th February | Essential linear track maintenance (cable containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lucan North | 4th - 8th February | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Monasterevin | 10th - 14th February | Essential linear bridge maintenance. Use of hand tools needed |
Monasterevin/Newbridge | 4th - 8th February | Essential linear bridge maintenance (bridge OBC101 & bridge OBC67). Use of hand tools needed |
Mallow to Tralee, Mallow - Buttevant, Mallow to Cork Kent, Kent to Glounthaune, Glounthaune to Midleton, Carrigtwohill to Cobh, Cork. |
13th January - 2nd February 3rd - 28th February |
Essential railway intermittent signalling and twin-track programme works incorporating areas along Cork commuter rail corridor. |
Meeleghans Level Crossing, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
11th February 13th February |
Essential railway engineering and safety critical track maintenance works Works will take place from 23:00 to 05:00 nightly |
Mullinavat – Ballyhale |
10th - 15th February |
Essential track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Newbridge – Kildare | 10th February - 14th February | Essential linear track maintenance (Ballasting works). Use of hand tools needed |
North Strand/Ossory Road | 7th - 9th February | Essential track maintenance (installation of skeleton IBJ). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Pearse - Connolly | 5th - 8th February | Test Train |
Pearse Station - Grand Canal Dock | 4th - 7th February | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of hand tools needed |
Pikes Bridge | 4th - 8th February | Essential track maintenance (track repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Raheny | 4th - 8th February | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Raheny - Howth Junction | 4th - 8th February | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Sydney Parade - Blackrock | 4th - 6th February | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of hand tools needed |
Whitepoint, Cobh area, Cork Rushbrooke, Cobh branch line, Cork |
3rd - 28th February |
Essential bridge works. Embankment stabilisation works |
Contact our Community Liaison, Infrastructure Department
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