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IARNRÓD ÉIREANN HAS issued a reminder to rail users that essential works on Shaw Street Bridge will necessitate the closure of the rail line between Connolly Station and Grand Canal Dock today and tomorrow.
Tara Street and Pearse Stations will be closed and Northside DART services will operate from Howth/Malahide to Dublin Connolly in the city centre.
Southside DART services will operate from Bray/Greystones to Grand Canal Dock in the south city.
Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Intercity services will include bus transfers between Dublin Connolly and Bray.
Maynooth and Northern Commuter services will operate a full schedule but to and from Connolly Station only.
Iarnród Éireann has apologised for any inconvenience caused and has advised customers to check times before travel, with full details at www.irishrail.ie and at the Iarnród Éireann app.
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If it’s one thing Iarnrod Eireann are good at, it’s cancelling services
@pkunzip doom2.zip: nonsense, while you’ll get people nagging on about rail services reduced on the hottest weekend in August, its more likely been planned months in advance based on annual August footfalls.
It would be too costly to cancel the works now because you have contractors who will still have to be paid, probably overtime for company staff and then the price of doing it all again
@pkunzip doom2.zip: They are upgrading the line or did you not read the article. That section of line is the oldest in the country and as DART+ is being rolled out there will be work needed across the entire commuter network.
So they have to close the line and they choose the slowest weekends to do so.
@Gary Kearney: did you read my comment?
But they were saying essential works are carried at night and this prevents from extending services to late at nights so that a better service could be provided to the public.
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