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Some of the works this weekend Platform 3 points at Dún Laoghaire replaced, these have been a source of many delays

Delays on some services to/from Dublin Heuston due to overrunning engineering works No Luas service Connolly Point Engineering works continuing Howth Howth Junc, Grand Canal Dock Bray & Limerick station

1000 Heuston Cork +61 minutes due a delay in the Hazelhatch area

0532 Bray Malahide cancelled 0712 Malahide Bray cancelled Delays following an earlier line closure between Pearse and Grand Canal Dock due a vehicle hitting a bridge

Not unexpected the usual legal posturing has started Interesting the TMS demo Indra were running last month at a trade show was using the Rosslare line, if they have it deployed and in services elsewhere why use the failed Irish Rail code? www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

No surprises here, unfunded, under resourced and a multi decade backlog of undelivered capital projects www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

0758 Drogheda Dun Laoghaire has been cancelled

0728 Tullamore Galway +27 late due technical fault on train at Tullamore

0637 Drogheda Pearse +8 0609 Longford Pearse +7 Delays of ~10 minutes on services towards Heuston station Automatic door at Salthill station to platform broken, access not possible without physically pulling doors apart Multiple short trains from Drogheda this morning

1744 Malahide Bray stopped at Dun Laoghaire Incident in coach 5 train held in station

This morning was a mess, it will only get worse This train has been sitting outside Fairview depot for +5 weeks, 160 seats & 540 standing spaces missing every morning & evening It’s being used as a parts donor, seat covering are being removed as are parts of the braking system

Another signalling fault, Bray Greystones suspended

Major signalling fault All services suspended Clongriffin Drogheda due a signalling fault Malahide DART services will operate to/from Clongriffin only Details of bus transfers for cross border services awaited

Delays of up to 10 minutes on rail services 0742 Bray Howth is struggling appears to have multiple faults and a door locked out of service

No much in the budget for commuters, usual reannouncements that DART+ and so on is funded. One interesting line 'comprehensive review of the TaxSaver scheme for commuters. Working patterns have changed and the scheme should reflect that.' NTA abandoned a project to do this...

Real story behind the mess in Galway this morning. Boarding passengers and then kicking them off to do safety checks, totally avoidable and added to the delay Confusion and crowding as Galway-Dublin train departs late due to driver availability issue www.independent.ie/county/galwa...

Platform reconstruction at Greystones over the weekend, we believe this is related to the new DART+ fleet Multiple platforms require work to ensure the DART+ fleet will fit correctly with the new automatic gap closure ramps

Lansdowne Rd will be closed from 1530 today onwards due a match today 1 Oct This is a trial run to meet UEFA requirements for crowd management for hosting major matches Grand Canal Dock and Sandymount stations are open and will have queueing arrangements in place

Red line Luas services are back running after an earlier total shutdown due yet another power systems failure. What on earth is going on in Luas, These kind of faults are supposed to be 1 in 50 year events, two in last week…

Major disruption on Dublin Belfast services due a security alert at Lurgan Some cancellations some services operating Dublin Dundalk others Dublin Newry with onward bus transfers

No service on Maynooth or M3 parkway lines currently due a failed train Phoenix Park tunnel services subject I major delay as platform at Grand Canal Dock is blocked by a commuter train currently 1652 Connolly Newbridge is currently boarding at platform 6 at Connolly

Major delays and cancellations as the 1505 Connolly Sligo remains stopped at Pelletstown

1050 Dublin Belfast remains at Connolly pending a locomotive change Compensation of 25% after 30 min, 50% after 60min delay 1150 Dublin Belfast will not depart from platform 2 check displays for information

This is what ticket machines in Ireland at Luas and Rail stations might look like in the future Indra remains on schedule to deliver the new contactless system nationwide

Good to see progress on the rollout of speed and red light cameras at level crossings Driver behaviour improves significantly when it’s know penalty points and fines are issued automatically www.radiokerry.ie/news/new-gos...

Minor timetable changes tomorrow Helpfully of course the PDF timetables online have not been updated... Won't make a difference really, just means Irish Rail can claim to be on time

Not even 8am and Irish Rail has a trail of disruption 0640 Howth Bray +10 0617 M3 Clonsilla +15 0530 Portlaoise Heuston +40, short train 0735 Heuston Westport +10 short train

Progress but nothing has changed, just the bureaucracy claiming progress but no contract signed & no sign off from government to fund MetroLink Was once costed at 1.8-4.6 billion, it’s +10 billion more today that’s the price of indecision. www.nationaltransport.ie/news/governm...

Delays due overrunning overnight engineering works 0545 and 0616 Cork Dublin Delays on DART and Rosslare line services

Expecting extremely busy week on the rail network due National Ploughing Championships starting Tuesday Seat reservations highly recommended, extra stops at Portarlington; 0640 Athlone to Tullamore (normally this runs out of service) 1805 Heuston Portlaoise extended to Mallow

Last day for 2026 timetable consultation. Make your feelings known. Limited scope for changes, but if you don't ask you won't get. Read our submission www.railusers.ie/news/news.ph...

Delays on Waterford Dublin services due a signalling fault between Waterford and Thomastown 0555+50, 0650+14 0755 Bray Howth running with 2 coaches less than planned