Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works

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:

Night-time Track Works Across Iarnród Éireann Network

Area	Date	Location
Ballyfermot	20^th – 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Blackrock – Dun Laoghaire	20^th – 25^th April	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Bray	20^th – 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Castleknock	13^th – 18^th April	Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Castleknock	20^th– 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Castlerea Station, Co. Roscommon	13th - 17th April 18th - 19th April 20th - 26th April	Contractors and staff are engaged to carry out safety critical track maintenance works near Castlerea Station, Co. Roscommon. All the works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively On Saturday 18th April 2026 works will take place from 12pm until 8am on Sunday 19th April
Clontarf – Harmonstown	14^th – 17^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co. Kilkenny	14^th – 19^th April	Thomastown to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co. Kilkenny	16^th – 17^th April	Ballyhale to Jerpoint. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Co. Kilkenny	21^st – 25^th April	Ballyhale to Jerpoint. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Connolly – Clontarf	20^th – 25^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Connolly – Clontarf	13^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (IBJ/points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Cork Area Mallow to Kent Kent to Cobh Carrigtwohill to Midleton Upgrades to the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) network include enhancements to the existing signalling system to support future capacity increases. These works require night-time activity when commuter services are not operating.	Week 16 - 13th to 19th April Week 17 - 20th to 26th April Week 18 - 27th April to 3rd May	Delivery and installation of cable troughing and signal bases between Mallow and Kent Station. Signalling and communications installations between Cork and Cobh. Track slewing and relaying of rails between Carrigtwohill and Midleton.
Curragh	13^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dalkey – Killiney	20^th – 25^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (bridge maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dalkey – Killiney	15^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dalkey Station	22^nd – 25^th April	Essential bridge maintenance (OBR109-OBR111). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Donabate	13^th– 17^th April	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Drogheda	13^th – 18^th April	Kearney’s Yard & Railway Terrace. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Dun Laoghaire	20^th– 25^th April	West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Dundalk	13^th– 17^th April	Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Glasnevin	13^th – 18^th April	Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Glasnevin – North Wall	20^th – 25^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (ballast/points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Glenageary – Dalkey	20^th – 19^th June	Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Greystones	20^th– 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (track survey). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Greystones	20^th – 25^th April	Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Hazelhatch	20^th– 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Hazelhatch	13^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing – tidy up works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Heuston Station	20^th – 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (switch panel renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Heuston Station	13^th – 19^th April	Essential track maintenance (switch panel renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Howth Junction – Howth	20^th – 25^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections & maintenance packing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Howth Junction – Howth	13^th– 14^th April / 17^th– 19^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (rail sweeping & rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kildare	20^th – 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Kildare – Cherryville	13^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Killucan – Ashtown	20^th– 25^th April	Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Laytown	13^th – 16^th May	Essential track maintenance (re-railing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Lucan North	20^th– 25^th April	Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Lucan North	13^th – 18^th April	Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Newbridge	20^th – 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Pearse – Lansdowne Road	13^th– 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (packing/IBJ maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Portarlington	20^th-25^th April	Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Reilly’s Crossing	13^th– 18^th April	Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed
Sallins	20^th – 25^th April	Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sallins	13^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing – tidy up works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Seapoint	13^th – 18^th April	Essential track maintenance (retaining wall maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Sydney Parade – Blackrock	13^th – 18^th April	Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing – tidy up works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Westland Row	20^th – 25^th April	Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL51). Use of heavy on track machinery needed
Westland Row	13^th – 18^th April	Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL51). Use of heavy on track machinery needed