Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
13 May 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 |
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Ashtown - Enfield | 13th - 19th May | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Balbriggan |
7th - 18th May |
Essential track maintenance (renewal of P&C). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray |
7th - 11th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). 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 |
Carrigtwohill to Midleton |
29th April - 31st May | Works will be carried out 11.30pm – 5am each night incorporating areas along rail corridor including Ballyadam, Ballyrichard More, Waterock, Ford and Mill Road Level Crossings. Use of plant and machinery needed. |
Clongriffin - Portmarnock |
13th - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clara Station, Co. Offaly | 9th, 10th and 11th May | Essential railway engineering and safety critical track maintenance works. Works will take place from 21:00 to 06:00 each night respectively. |
Connolly - Howth Junction |
7th - 11th May 13th - 17th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (rail milling machine). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - East Wall |
13th - 18th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cork Kent Station |
15th - 18th May |
Cork Kent station yard. Site works as part of Kent Station Through Platform project |
Dalkey - Shankill | 7th - 11th May | Essential linear track maintenance (cable containment/installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Donabate |
7th - 11th May 13th - 19th May |
Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machines needed. Access/egress. Essential track maintenance (rail milling). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda |
15th April - 28th September |
Kearney’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Dun Laoghaire |
13th - 18th May |
West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Dun Laoghaire - Sandycove |
13th - 17th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (cable installation/cable containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glenageary - Dalkey |
13th - 18th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glounthaune to Carrigtwohill |
20th - May 31st |
Works will be carried out 11.30pm – 5am each night. Essential railway signalling works. Use of plant and machinery needed. |
Greystones |
11th - 12th May 13th - 18th May 7th - 11th May |
Ennis Lane. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. Essential bridge maintenance (OBR153). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Greystones - Bray |
13th - 19th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (bridge maintenance to OBR153 and ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Junction - Portmarnock |
7th - 11th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilbarrack - Howth Junction |
7th - 11th May 13th -18th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilcock |
13th - 18th May |
Spin Bridge. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Kildare |
2nd May - 12th May |
Sallins. Essential track maintenance (rail replacement). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare |
2nd May - 12th May |
Sherlockstown. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Kildare |
4th - 5th May 11th - 12th May |
Essential track maintenance (rail repair). 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 |
10th - 12th May |
Cherryville. Essential track maintenance (rail stress). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny |
7th- 11th May
13th - 14th May
|
Newrath to 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 |
Killester |
17th - 18th May |
Essential track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lansdowne Road |
15th April - 11th May 13th - 17th May |
Lansdowne Road Level Crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed.
|
Lansdowne Road - Sandymount |
13th - 17th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). 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 |
Leixlip | 11th - 12th May | Essential track maintenance (rail stress). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Leixlip - Louisa | 18th - 19th May | Essential track maintenance (rail stress). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Lucan North |
7th - 12th May 13th - 19th May |
Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machinery. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Malahide |
7th May - 27th September |
Essential track maintenance (Overhead Cable Equipment Mast Strengthening). Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Maynooth |
9th - 11th May
|
Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth - Ashtown |
7th - 12th May |
Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth - Leixlip |
13th - 18th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Newtownforbes, Co. Longford |
9th May 16th May 17th- 18th May |
Essential track maintenance works. Works will take place from 21:00 to 06:00 each night respectively |
Pearse station - Lansdowne Road |
7th -11th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Phoenix Park Tunnel |
8th April - 1st June |
Essential track maintenance (brick repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington |
13th - 19th May |
Essential track maintenance (ballast cleaning). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portlaoise |
13th - 18th May |
Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sandycove - Killiney |
8th May - 11th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Seapoint - Dun Laoghaire |
7th - 11th May 13th - 18th May |
Essential linear track maintenance (rail renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Shankill - Bray |
29th April - 8th June |
Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Streete, Co. Westmeath |
2nd - 3rd May 8th May 14th - 15th May 21st - 24th May |
Essential railway engineering and safety critical track maintenance works. Works will take place from 21:00 to 06:00 each night respectively |