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IRISH RAIL DART and Commuter services are experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes after a truck hit a bridge at Amiens Street in Dublin city.
Iarnród Éireann / TwitterUpdate: Up to 20 minute delays to DART and Commuter services due to truck hitting bridge at Amiens Street.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) September 8, 2017
Services between Connolly Station and Tara Street were suspended earlier but have since reopened.
Amiens Street was partially blocked inbound at Connolly Station but, according to AA Roadwatch, the truck has since been cleared.
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These bridges often appear out of nowhere and they lower themselves as you drive under them.
Hasn’t ths happened a few times this year already?
Plan the route & know the height of the truck & trailer etc, it aint rocket science
Is it not law that a truck driver must know the height of his vehicle at all times.my dad was a truck driver for almost 40 yrs and never hit a bridge always knew his vehicles parametres.how professional are these lads
Raise the wages or the bridges.
@Dave Hogan: or the IQ of the drivers.
More communication between truck manufacturers and bridge builders would help.
@Emmet Dillane: well irish railroads were around since 1860
@Emmet Dillane: idiotic…all trucks types and every bridge¿
@Emmet Dillane: good point Emmet but as a high sided transport driver every one should be aware of the height of their vehicle ,driving in dublin it’s impossible to get northside – southside without an overhead bridge on your route, most if not all bridges have hight notifications ,now you make yourself aware of the height restrictions on your journey and if needs be use alternative route but yeah it’s crazy why company’s don’t enforce this knowledge on their drivers !
A bridge too near
Truck again, you never hear of a train hitting these bridges.
The truck driver should have deflated his tyres.
There’s technology out there that alerts truck drivers of overhead bridges hauliers need to invest. http://giraffeg4.com
There is insufficient advance road signage en route alerting foreign truck drivers of the numerous bridges en route from docklands.Problem solved
Yep few bells before hand should do the trick !
Surely a qualified truck driver should know the height of his truck
Surely
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