Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
24 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bray | 20th - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (points repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Bray Head | 20th - 24th October | Essential track maintenance. (track repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Bray Head | 27th October - 3rd November | Essential linear track maintenance. (installation of rock netting) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Cherry Orchard | 15th September - 1st November | Essential bridge maintenance (OBC8B). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Claremont Villas | 27th October - 3rd November | Essential bridge maintenance. (upgrades to bridge OBR100) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Clongriffin | 20th - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (points repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Clongriffin | 20th - 28th October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Clongriffin | 28th - 31st October | Essential track maintenance. (points repair & overhead cable renewal) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Clontarf - Raheny | 28th - 31st October | Essential track maintenance. (IBJ maintenance) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Co.Kilkenny | 20th - 25th October | Knockmoylan to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Connolly Station | 28th - 29th October | Essential track maintenance. (points repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Dalkey | 20th - 26th October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Donabate | 20th - 28th October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Donabate | 28th October - 1st November | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Dun Laoghaire - Sandycove | 27th - 31st October | Essential linear track maintenance. (materials delivery) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Dundalk | 28th October - 1st November | Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Greystones | 20th - 24th October | Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Greystones | 27th October - 3rd November | Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Hazelhatch | 20th - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (panel re-railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Heuston/Cabra/Glasnevin | 20th - 25th October | Essential linear track maintenance (vegetation control). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kilcock | 28th October - 1st November | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Kildare - Cherryville | 20th - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (muck digging) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killester – Kilbarrack | 20th - 24th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (ballast maintenance) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killester | 20th - 28th October | Essential linear track maintenance. (installation of a precast concrete) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killester compound | 20th - 28th October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Killester | 28th - 31st October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Killiney - Shankill | 21st - 22nd October | Essential linear track maintenance. (IBJ maintenance repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killiney - Shankill | 31st October - 3rd November | Essential linear track maintenance. (overhead cable renewal) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killucan - Ashtown | 20th - 25th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Killucan - Ashtown | 28th October - 1st November | Essential track maintenance. (re-railing - tidy up works) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kylemore - Cherry Orchard | 6th October - 22nd November | Essential track maintenance. (re-railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Lansdowne Road | 23rd - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (points repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Leixlip | 28th October - 1st November | Essential linear track maintenance. (vegetation control)
Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Lucan North | 20th - 25th October | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Lucan North | 28th October - 1st November | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Malahide | 20th - 28th October | Essential track maintenance. (re-railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Malahide | 27th October - 2nd November | Essential track maintenance. (re-railing - tidy up works) 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. |
| Maynooth - Kilcock | 20th - 25th October | Essential linear track maintenance (vegetation control). 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. |
| Pearse - Lansdowne Road | 28th - 31st October | Essential linear track maintenance. (points repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Portarlington | 20th - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (panel re-railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Portarlington | 27th October - 1st November | Essential track maintenance. (panel re-railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Portmarnock | 20th - 28th October | Admission/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Portmarnock - Malahide | 20th - 28th October | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed. |
| Raheny | 20th - 24th October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Sallins | 20th - 25th October | Essential track maintenance. (ballast maintenance) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Sallins | 28th October - 3rd November | Essential track maintenance. (panel re-railing) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Skerries | 25th - 26th October | Essential track maintenance (tree felling). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Spin Bridge | 20th - 25th October | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Spin Bridge | 28th October - 1st November | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Waterford - Belview | 29th - 30th October | Essential track maintenance. (installation of undertrack drainage pipe) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Wexford Town | 14th - 26th October | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |