04 October 2024
Here you will find a complete list of planned engineering works and changes to Iarnród Éireann rail services.
Upcoming Line Improvement Works
Upcoming Line Improvements
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Saturday 19th October
Due to Engineering Works between Limerick Junction and Charleville and between Mallow and Cork on Saturday 19th October, the following service alterations and amendments will take place:
- Nenagh Line services will operate with altered timings, please change at Ballybrophy for connecting services.
Please check the
Journey Planner for full details.
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Wednesday 3rd July to Saturday 12th October
From Wednesday 3rd July to to Saturday 12th October the line between Lisburn and Belfast will be closed to facilitate works associated with the construction and opening of the new Belfast Grand Central Station.
- Enterprise services will continue operate as normal between Dublin Connolly and Portadown only at the revised times.
- Bus transfers will continue to be in place between Newry and Belfast for customers travelling to/from Belfast at the revised times.
- Customers for Lurgan, Moira and Lisburn can avail of local Translink NI Railways services between Portadown and Lisburn at the revised times.
The following Sunday services will not operate:
- 13:50 Dublin Connolly to Belfast
- 17:05 Belfast to Dublin Connolly
Please see our Journey Planner for details.
Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th October
Engineering works will take place between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk on Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th October.
- There will be NO train service between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk
- Bus transfers will operate between Dublin Connolly / Drogheda / Dundalk
- Enterprise Service will operate as a train between Dundalk / Newry / Portadown and Belfast
- Enterprise service departure times from Connolly Station are advanced
- 20.50 Dublin Connolly to Belfast will operate as normal
Please check the
Journey Planner for full details.
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Mondays to Wednesdays. 23rd September - 4th December
Due to Engineering Works between Glounthaune and Midleton on Mondays to Wednesdays from 23rd September to 4th December, the following service alterations and amendments will take place:
- 20:15 Cork to Midleton will be substituted by bus transfers direct from Cork to Midleton, second bus transfer from Cork to Littleisland, Glounthaune, Carrigtwohill and Midleton
- 21:15 Cork to Midleton will be substituted by bus transfers direct from Cork to Midleton, second bus transfer from Cork to Littleisland, Glounthaune, Carrigtwohill and Midleton
- 22:45 Cork to Midleton will be substituted by bus transfers from Cork to Littleisland, Glounthaune, Carrigtwohill and Midleton
- 20:45 Midleton to Cork will be substituted by bus transfers direct from Midleton to Cork, second bus transfer from Midleton to Carrigtwohill, Glounthaune, Littleisland and Cork
- 21:45 Midleton to Cork will be substituted by bus transfers direct from Midleton to Cork, second bus transfer from Midleton to Carrigtwohill, Glounthaune, Littleisland and Cork
- 23:15 Midleton to Cork will be substituted by bus transfers direct from Midleton to Cork, second bus transfer from Midleton to Carrigtwohill, Glounthaune, Littleisland and Cork
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From August the 21st until further notice
Tuesday to Saturday inclusive and every week thereafter:
- 07:00 to Dublin Heuston will depart from platform 4
- 05:40, 06:15 to Dublin Heuston and 06:25 to Tralee will depart from platform 5.
From September the 9th for a period of 8 weeks
- 21:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate as a train as far as Mallow, and then by bus to Cork
- The following services are cancelled and replaced by bus transfers, 22:00, 23:00 Cork to Mallow and the 22:30 Mallow to Cork
The following services will be a bus replacement:
- 22:00 Cork to Mallow
- 22:30 Mallow to Cork
- 23:00 Cork to Mallow
- 23:10 Mallow to Cork
Saturday 19th October
Due to Engineering Works between Limerick Junction and Charleville and between Mallow and Cork on Saturday 19th October, the following service alterations and amendments will take place.
- Cork services will operate every two hours in each direction with altered timings and as bus transfers between Cork and Mallow
- Limerick direct services to and from Dublin Heuston will operate as normal
- Tralee services will operate every two hours, connecting to and from Cork services at Mallow
- 17:05hrs Dublin Heuston to Tralee is cancelled. Passengers should board the 17:05 Dublin Heuston to Mallow service and change at Mallow for a connecting service. Please note that there will be a delay of 25 - 30 mins from Mallow to Tralee
- Nenagh Line services will operate with altered timings, please change at Ballybrophy for connecting services.
Please check the Journey Planner for full details.
Sunday 20th October
Due to Engineering Works between Mallow and Cork on Sunday 20th October, the following service alterations and amendments will take place:
- 10:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 12:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 13:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 14:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 15:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 16:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 17:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate as and will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 18:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate as and will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 19:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 21:00 Dublin Heuston to Cork will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 08:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 09:10 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 10:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers departing at 10:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 10:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 12:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers departing at 12:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 12:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 13:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will operate as and will be bus transfers departing at 13:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 13:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 14:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will operate as and will be bus transfers departing at 14:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 14:47 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 15:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers departing at 15:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 15:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 16:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers departing at 16:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 16:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 17:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers departing at 17:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 17:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 18:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers departing at 18:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 18:48 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 19:25 Cork to Dublin Heuston will be bus transfers from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 20:20 from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- 10:10 Cork to Mallow will be substituted by bus transfers departing at 10:00 from Cork to Mallow
- 12:50 Cork to Mallow will be substituted by bus transfers departing at 13:00 from Cork to Mallow
- 20:40 Cork to Mallow will be substituted by bus transfers
- 10:48 Mallow to Cork will be substituted by bus transfers
- 13:25 Mallow to Cork will be substituted by bus transfers
- 21:17 Mallow to Cork will be substituted by bus transfers
- 08:55 Cork to Tralee will be bus transfers departing at 08:35 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 09:20 from Mallow to Tralee
- 12:15 Cork to Tralee will be bus transfers departing at 12:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 12:50 from Mallow to Tralee
- 14:50 Cork to Tralee will be bus transfers departing at 14:00 from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 15:30 from Mallow to Tralee
- 18:50 Cork to Tralee will be bus transfers from Cork to Mallow, train departing at 19:35 from Mallow to Tralee
- 07:10 Tralee to Cork will operate as and will operate to Mallow only, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork
- 17:10 Tralee to Cork will operate to Mallow only
- 19:15 Tralee to Cork will operate to Mallow only
- 20:40 Limerick Junction to Limerick is deferred to 21:01
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Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th October
Engineering works will take place between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk on Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th October.
- There will be NO train service between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk
- DART service: there will be no DART service between Dublin Connolly and Malahide/Howth
- DART services will operate between Dublin Connolly and Bray / Greystones only.
- Dublin Bus will accept valid rail tickets for travel within affected DART area and City Centre.
The following DART stations will be closed: Malahide, Portmarnock, / Clongriffin / Howth / Sutton / Bayside / Howth Junction and Donaghmede / Kilbarrack / Raheny / Harmonstown / Killester and Clontarf Road.
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Saturday 5th October
Due to Engineering Works between Dromod and Boyle on Saturday 5th October, the following service alterations and amendments will take place:
- 16:05 Connolly to Sligo is cancelled
- 17:05 Connolly to Sligo will operate to Dromod only, bus transfers from Dromod to Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle, Ballymote, Collooney and Sligo
- 19:32 Connolly to Sligo will operate to Dromod only, bus transfers from Dromod to Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle, Ballymote, Collooney and Sligo
- 17:05 Sligo to Connolly is cancelled
- 19:05 Sligo to Connolly will be bus transfers from Sligo to Collooney, Ballymote, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon and Dromod, train departing at 20:35 from Dromod to Connolly
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Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th October
Engineering works will take place between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk on Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th October.
- There will be NO train service between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk.
- Northern Commuter service: A limited bus transfer will operate between Drogheda / Balbriggan / Donabate / Dublin Connolly and between Skerries / Rush and Lusk (via M1/Port Tunnell) / Dublin Connolly.
The following stations will be closed: Drogheda, Laytown, Gormonstown, Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk, Donabate.
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Sunday 20th October
Due to Engineering Works between Mallow and Cork on Sunday 20th October, the following service alterations and amendments will take place:
- 10:30 Portlaoise to Dublin Heuston is deferred to 10:50
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Planned changes to services due to engineering works are currently not available for this route. For a list of upcoming works across the Network, please see
Preview of Upcoming Major works.
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26th and 27th October
Engineering works are planned on the Waterford line on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October. Services are currently not available to book online. Once service arrangements are finalised, services will once again be available to book online. Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused.
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Planned changes to services due to engineering works are currently not available for this route. For a list of upcoming works across the Network, please see
Preview of Upcoming Major works.
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Planned changes to services due to engineering works are currently not available for this route. For a list of upcoming works across the Network, please see Preview of Upcoming Major works.
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Planned changes to services due to engineering works are currently not available for this route. For a list of upcoming works across the Network, please see Preview of Upcoming Major works.
Major works preview 2024
With record investment in our rail network under the National Development Plan, Iarnród Éireann is currently undertaking a range of projects, as well as essential maintenance, right across our lines.
While the vast majority of works take place overnight, or in a way that sees little or no disruption to services, in some instances disruption is unavoidable. In particular, this will happen if we’re replacing or improving essential infrastructure like tracks, bridges, signalling, overhead lines, or helping third parties with major plans.
So we need to plan these works to deliver improvements to our customers, but there can be unavoidable disruption too. We work to ensure that any such disruption is minimised, and that the number of customers affected is minimised too.
We do this in a number of ways:
- We try to ensure that our busiest lines are unaffected at the busiest times, so weekday works, and particularly at peak, are avoided
- We work to plan the works which must happen, and look at events which take place around the country too. Major sports, music, cultural and other entertainment is always considered. This poses challenges – we’re busier with works than ever before, but there are more events than ever before too
- We choose selected Bank Holiday weekends to undertake projects of significant scale – the extra weekend day allows us to achieve more progress more efficiently, while avoiding impacting those crucial weekday customers. We don’t schedule works at St Patrick’s weekend, which is particularly important for tourism. However, the new February (St Brigid’s Bank Holiday), Easter, and the May, June and October Bank Holidays, and occasionally the August Bank Holiday, are often used for works
So, while we will have other works which may affect individual services, or late evening / early morning services in some instances, this is the current schedule (as of 26th September 2024) of major disruptive works until the end of mid-December 2024. Further 2024 works, and early 2025 works, will be confirmed shortly. This is subject to further change (for example, new events or additional investment funding can result in revisions).
Bold indicates extended works, including weekday impacts; italic indicates Translink works.
Line Improvement Works - 2024
| 3rd July to early Autumn |
Lisburn to Belfast
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Translink works associated with new Belfast Grand Central Station
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Belfast Enterprise
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| 23rd September to 18th December (Mondays to Wednesdays - 20:00hrs onwards) |
Glounthaune to Midleton
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Track works for new second track
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Glounthaune to Midleton
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| Saturday 28th to Sunday 29th September |
Dun Laoghaire to Greystones
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Track works, overhead line renewal, Woodbrook Station works
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Southside DART, Connolly to Rosslare
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| Saturday 12th October (evening) |
Athlone to Ballinasloe
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Ballast cleaning
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Heuston to Galway
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| Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th October |
Mallow to Cork
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Cork commuter resignalling
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Mallow to Cork; Dublin to Cork; Tralee to Cork
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| Saturday 26th to Monday 28th October (October Bank Holiday) |
Clontarf Road to Dundalk
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Track works, ballast cleaning, overhead line renewal,
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Northside DART, Drogheda Commuter, Belfast Enterprise
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| Saturday 2nd November (evening) |
Portlaoise to Thurles
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Track renewal
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Heuston to Cork / Limerick / Kerry
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| Saturdays 2nd & 9th November (evenings) |
Limerick to Limerick Junction
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Ballast cleaning
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Limerick to Limerick Junction
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| Saturday 16th November (evening) |
Claremorris to Westport/Ballina
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Ballast cleaning
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Claremorris to Westport/Ballina
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| Saturday 23rd to Sunday 24th November |
Ceannt Station, Galway
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New points and crossings installation
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Athenry to Galway
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Check out our video below to learn more about the work being carried out to maintain our railway network.
Accessibility on Iarnród Éireann Services
We are better able to assist you if you contact us as far in advance as possible, but try to give at least 24-hours' notice of your journey. You can contact us by emailing access@irishrail.ie or call (01) 836 6222 (Monday to Friday 07:00hrs - 19:00hrs and 08:00hrs - 18:00hrs Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays).
For further information please visit our Accessibility section.
For DART Accessibility information, please see our new DART Accessibility section.
Catering on Rail Iarnród Éireann Services
For more information on our Catering services please see our Catering Page.
Bus Transfer Arrangements
Bus transfers are operated by Third Party Companies as a result Iarnród Éireann cannot guarantee there will be toilet facilities on-board. Passengers are advised to use the toilet facilities in the station before travelling. Please note Guide / Assistance dogs and small lap dogs can be facilitated on board bus transfers in line with our Travelling with Animals policy.
How can I reserve a seat on an Iarnród Éireann Service?
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Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail apologise for any inconvenience caused.
