Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
11 July 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 | 11th July and 12th July | Essential track maintenance (breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Ballyfermot | 7th July - 26th July | Landen Road. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Cherry Orchard | 16th June - 26th July | Essential bridge maintenance (OBC8B). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherryville | 26th May - 2nd August | Cherryville compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Clongriffin | 14th July - 19th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Connolly - Clontarf | 7th July - 12th July | Essential linear track maintenance (points/breather switch repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Ossory Road | 14th July and 15th July | Essential linear track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 12th July and 13th July | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda - Malahide | 14th July - 19th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Drogheda - Malahide | 7th July - 12th July | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dun Laoghaire - Bray | 14th July - 19th July | Essential linear track maintenance (points/breather switch repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dunleer | 14th July - 19th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Enfield - Ashtown | 7th July - 12th July | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glenageary - Dalkey | 7th July - 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Grand Canal Dock | 30th June - 13th July | Essential Retaining wall maintenance. (Hand tools and Power Washing required) |
Greystones | 14th July - 19th July | Essential track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/IBJ rail replacement). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch | 14th July - 20th July | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance and breather switch renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston Station | 7th July - 13th July | Essential track maintenance (panel relaying). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Junction | 15th July - 18th July | Essential track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare | 14th July - 19th July | Essential track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare | 26th May - 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killester | 14th July - 20th July | Essential linear track maintenance (culvert maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killester | 14th July - 20th July | Killester Compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Killester - Harmonstown | 04th July - 05th July | Essential linear track maintenance IBJ Installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killucan - Ashtown | 14th July - 19th July | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Laytown | 14th July - 19th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Laytown | 7th July - 12th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Lucan North | 14th July - 19th July | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Lucan North | 7th July - 12th July | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Mallow to Cork Kent, Kent to Glounthaune, Glounthaune to Midleton and Cobh, Cork. | 1st - 31st July | Essential railway intermittent signalling, track delivery and twin-track programme works incl piling in Carrigtwohill and Midleton areas) , and ground investigation surveys incorporating areas along Cork area commuter rail (CACR) corridor. |
Maynooth - Kilcock | 7th July - 12th July | Essential linear track maintenance (rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Newbridge | 14th July - 19th July | Essential track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
North Strand - Drumcondra | 7th July - 12th July | Essential linear track maintenance (points/breather switch repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Pearse - Grand Canal Dock | 7th July - 12th July | Essential linear track maintenance (points/breather switch repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington | 14th July - 20th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Portarlington Station | 7th July - 12th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Portlaoise | 7th July - 12th July | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Raheny - Clongriffin | 14th July - 19th July | Essential linear track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sallypark - Belview Port | 14th July - 27th July | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sallypark - Belview Port | 7th July - 13th July | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sandycove | 7th July - 11th July | Essential retaining wall maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Shankill - Bray | 14th July - 15th August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Tara Street Station | 14th July - 2nd August | Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL46). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Wicklow Station | 14th July - 19th July | Essential track maintenance (cable containment/installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Wicklow Station | 7th July - 12th July | Essential track maintenance (cable containment/installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |