Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
19 April 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adamstown - Hazelhatch | 24th - 27th April | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Ashtown | 23rd - 24th April | Essential track maintenance (cable installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Balbriggan | 15th April - 4th May | Essential track maintenance (renewal of P&C). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Ballyfermot | 15th - 20th April | Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Booterstown |
16th - 20th April |
Circus Grounds. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Bray | 24th - 25th April | Essential track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Caragh | 22nd April - 18th May | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Cherryville | 18th - 20th April | Essential track maintenance (rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Cherryville - Kildare | 22nd - 27th April | Essential linear track maintenance (rail repair). Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Clongriffin | 22nd - 24th April | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Clontarf Road - Malahide | 22nd - 27th April | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Connolly - East Wall |
15th - 20th April 22nd - 27th April |
Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Dalkey - Killiney | 25th - 26th April | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Donabate | 22nd - 28th April | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Drogheda |
15th April - 28th September |
Kearney’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Dundalk |
15th - 17th April |
Dromiskin. Essential track maintenance (rail milling machine). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Dun Laoghaire |
15th - 20th April |
West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Enfield |
15th - 20th April 22nd - 28th April |
Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Greystones |
24th - 25th April |
Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Hazelhatch |
22nd - 24th April |
Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Hill of Down |
15th - 20th April 22nd - 28th April |
Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Howth Junction |
18th - 24th April |
Essential track maintenance (breather switch renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kilcock |
15th - 20th April 22nd - 28th April |
Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed Jackson’s Bridge/Old Bog Road/Ferran’s Crossing/Kilcock Station. Essential track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kildare |
22nd April - 25th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kildare - Cherryville | 15th - 20th April | Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Kilkenny |
23rd - 27th April 22nd - 28th April 15th - 20th April |
Dunkitt. Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed Mullinavat to Coolmeen. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed Thomastown to Lavistown. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed
|
| Lansdowne Road |
15th April - 11th May |
Lansdowne Road Level Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed.
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| Lansdowne Road - Dun Laoghaire | 22nd - 27th April | Essential linear track maintenance (rail milling machine). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Lansdowne Road - Sepentine | 15th April - 11th May | Essential linear track maintenance (boundary wall repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Laytown | 20th and 21st April | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Malahide |
31st January - 10th May |
Essential track maintenance (Overhead Cable Equipment Mast Strengthening). Use of heavy on track machines needed |
| Maynooth - Killucan |
22nd - 28th April 15th - 20th April |
Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Moyross Co. Limerick |
26th March - 13th April |
Contractors and Irish Rail staff are engaged to carry out essential railway engineering and safety critical track maintenance works |
| Mullingar |
Weekly to 4th May |
Essential track maintenance works near Mullingar Station Co. Westmeath. Works will take place from 21:00 to 06:00 each night respectively. Works will continue every week Tuesday night to Saturday morning until Saturday 4th May. |
| Newbridge - Portarlington |
22nd - 27th April |
Essential linear track maintenance (scrap removal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| North Wall – Drumcondra |
8th - 20th April |
Essential linear track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Portmarnock - Malahide | 22nd - 24th April | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Raheny |
16th and 17th April 19th and 20th April |
Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
| Sandycove - Dalkey | 26th - 27th April | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Sandymount - Blackrock | 22nd - 27th April | Essential linear track maintenance (cable installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Seapoint - Dun Laoghaire |
22nd - 27th April 15th - 20th April |
Essential linear track maintenance (rail and overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
| Spin Bridge |
15th - 20th April 22nd - 28th April |
Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |