Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
27 June 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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Ashtown – Enfield | 23rd June – 28th June | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Ashtown | 5th July | Essential linear track maintenance (Level Crossing Works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Ballybough | 16th - 28th June | Essential bridge maintenance (bridge UBO25). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Adamstown – Hazelhatch | 25th - 26th June | Essential linear track maintenance (OTM Regulator) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Ballynoe, Cobh and Mallow, Cork | 3rd - 30th June | Intermittent on-track ground investigations surveys |
Cherryville | 26th May - 2nd August | Cherryville compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Clonsilla | 28th June | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clontarf - Connolly | 30th June - 4th July | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray | 26th June | Use of heavy on track machinery needed for panel delivery |
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 |
Connolly | 30th June - 4th July | Essential linear track maintenance (Pointscare). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dalkey | 20th - 21st June | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda – Dundalk | 30th June – 04th July | Essential track maintenance, heavy on track machinery needed |
Dunleer | 30th June - 4th July | Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Dun Laoghaire | 30th June - 4th July | Essential linear track maintenance (Pointscare). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
East Wall - Fairview | 30th June – 04th July | Essential linear track maintenance (Pointscare). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Foley’s Yard |
30th June – 04th July 23rd -28th June |
Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Grand Canal Dock | 30th June – 13th July | Essential Retaining wall maintenance. (Hand tools and Power Washing required) |
Heuston | 30th June – 04 July | Essential track maintenance (panel relaying Prep Works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilbarry, Cork | 3rd - 30th June | Bridge Maintenance Works |
Kildare | 26th May - 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killester – Harmonstown | 04th July – 05th July | Essential linear track maintenance IBJ Installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Limerick (Garyowen - Meelick) | 28th June - 29th June | Tamping works will take place on the railway line Saturday 28th June 2025, starting at 19:00 to approx. 06:30 Sunday 29th June 2025. |
Malahide - Dundalk | 23rd June – 28th June | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth - Glasnevin | 30th June – 04th July | Essential linear track maintenance (track maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Mallow to Cork Kent, Kent to Glounthaune, Glounthaune to Midleton, Cork. | 3rd - 30th June | Essential railway intermittent signalling, track delivery and twin-track programme works incorporating areas along Cork area commuter rail corridor. |
Malahide - Dundalk | 23rd - 28th June | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington | 26th May - 31st June | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Foley’s Yard | 23rd - 28th June | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Riley's Yard | 30th June – 04th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Woodbrook | 30th June – 04th July | Essential track maintenance. (Installation Prep Works) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Wicklow | 23rd June – 05th July | Essential track maintenance. (Installation Prep Works) Use of heavy on track machinery needed |