Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
04 October 2024
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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Athy station | 1st - 5th October | Track linear maintenance work. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Bray | 7th - 12th October | Bray Yard. Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray Head | 26th August - 5th October | Essential track maintenance (rock netting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cabra West | 30th September - 6th October | Reilly’s crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Cabra West | 7th - 12th October | Reilly’s crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Castleknock | 7th and 19th October | Essential track maintenance (fencing repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf | 30th September - 12th October | Essential bridge maintenance (UBB6). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly | 4th - 6th October | Essential track maintenance (switch installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Fairview | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Pearse | 30th September - 5th October | Essential linear track maintenance (track survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Pearse | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (track survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dalkey - Killiney | 9th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch/overhead cable maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 10th - 13th October | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dun Laoghaire - Dalkey | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections/rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dundalk | 30th September - 6th October | Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Dundalk | 7th - 13th October | Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Fairview | 30th September - 5th October | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Fairview - Killester | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glasnevin | 30th September - 6th October | Essential track maintenance (track repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glasnevin | 7th - 8th October | Essential track maintenance (track repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Greystones | 30th September - 5th October | Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Harmonstown - Howth Junction | 30th September - 5th October | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch | 30th September - 5th October | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston Station | 5th - 8th October | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance and vegetation control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston Station | 7th - 12th October | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Station | 30th September - 5th October | Installation of new canopy. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 23rd September - 5th October | Thomastown to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 30th September - 5th October | Kiltorcan, Ballyhale to Jerpoint. Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 7th - 19th October | Mullinavat to Ballyhale. Essential linear track maintenance (tree/hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed. |
Killester | 30th September - 5th October | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killester | 7th - 12th October | Killester compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Killester - Kilbarrack | 30th September - 5th October | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge/tree cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lansdowne Road - Booterstown | 30th September - 5th October | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lansdowne Road - Booterstown | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lucan North | 30th September - 5th October | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Lucan North | 7th - 13th October | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Maynooth - Glasnevin Junction | 30th September - 6th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth - Glasnevin Junction | 7th - 13th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Pearse - Lansdowne Road | 23rd - 27th September | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed/td> |
Portarlington | 30th September - 6th October | Essential track maintenance (prep for panel relaying works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington | 7th - 13th October | Essential track maintenance (panel relaying works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portmarnock | 23rd September - 2nd November | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Portmarnock - Malahide | 23rd September - 2nd November | Essential linear track maintenance (rerailing works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sandycove - Dalkey | 7th - 12th October | Essential linear track maintenance (rail repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Shankill - Bray | 7th - 9th October | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch/overhead cable maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Waterford | 7th - 12th October | Essential track maintenance (tamping/ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |