Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
03 October 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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Ballyfermot | 15th September – 4th October | Landen Road. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Bray | 8th October | Essential track maintenance (Points Repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherry Orchard | 15th September – 4th October | Essential bridge maintenance (OBC8B). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherryville - Portarlington | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf | 6th - 10th October | Essential track maintenance (Points Repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly | 9th - 10th October | Essential track maintenance (Points Repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Donabate | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Donabate - Skerries | 1st September – 4th October | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 8th September – 4th October | Essential linear track maintenance (fence installation/excavation works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dundalk Station | 6th - 17th October | Access at Dundalk Station for Essential bridge maintenance (UBB153). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Enfield - Ashtown | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Ennis Lane - Bray Head | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Greystones | 8th - 10th October | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch and Celbridge |
29th September – 10th October 6th - 10th October |
Essential bridge maintenance (OBC8B). Bridge painting works. Essential linear track maintenance. (Re Railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston - Cherry Orchard | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Vegetation Control) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Junction – Clongriffin | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Vegetation Control) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilbarrack | 7th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Vegetation Control) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killester – Raheny | 7th - 8th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Vegetation Control) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lansdowne - Sandymount | 6th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Leixlip | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Vegetation Control) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Malahide | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Malahide - Drogheda | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Vegetation Control) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Malahide - Dundalk | 29th September - 4th October | Essential linear track maintenance (hedge cutting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Mallow to Cork Kent, Kent to Glounthaune, Glounthaune to Midleton and Cobh, Cork. | 1st – 31st October | Essential railway intermittent signaling, track delivery and twin-track programme works incl ground investigation surveys incorporating areas along Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) corridor. This includes working during night-time hours when commuter trains are non-operational. |
North Wall | 11th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Overhead Cable Inspections) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
North Wall - Glasnevin | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Oranmore Station |
22nd September - 24th October |
As part of the Oranmore Station project, a new underpass will be constructed in October 2025. To facilitate this, works will be undertaken at night for a short period of time in the vicinity of the station, level crossing XG 167 located east of the station and at the track access point located on the Coast Road, Oranmore. |
Portmarnock | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Tree Felling & Track Maintenance) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Raheny - Killester | 6th - 10th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (Overhead Cable Inspections) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |