Iarnród Éireann is reminding customers of rail service arrangements over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Iarnród Éireann is reminding customers of rail service arrangements over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
In addition to schedule changes from 24th December 2024 to 1st January 2025 inclusive, and late night DART and Commuter trains on New Year’s Eve, customers are reminded of the full track renewal of the line between Connolly and Pearse from 26th December 2024 to 5th January inclusive.
This will result in the line being closed between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock for the duration, with limited exceptions between Pearse and Grand Canal Dock for late night New Year’s trains, and daytime on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd January.
Customers are also reminded that pre-booking is strongly advised on Intercity services, particularly at busiest times.
Track renewal Connolly to Grand Canal Dock, 26th December to 5th January inclusive – DART and Rosslare services affected
Iarnród Éireann is to undertake a full track renewal of the country’s busiest section of rail line, the “loop line” between Dublin’s Connolly and Pearse Stations, over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
The works on the line, which sees just under 100,000 train movements annually, will take place from 26th December 2024 to 5th January 2025 inclusive, during the Christmas / New Year holiday season which sees the lowest number of passengers throughout the year. The track works will be the first renewal of the line in 20 years, when similar works took place over Christmas 2004 / New Year 2005.
As a result, the line will be closed between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock throughout this time, with limited exceptions between Pearse and Grand Canal Dock.
- Line closed between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock
- DART services will operate between Howth/Malahide and Connolly Station, and between Grand Canal Dock and Bray/Greystones.
- A limited shuttle bus service will operate between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock in both directions, and Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for southside customers travelling to/from city centre
- Intercity services between Dublin Connolly and Rosslare Europort will involve bus transfers between Connolly and Bray
- All Northern / Maynooth Commuter services will operate to/from Dublin Connolly only.
Exceptions to the above will be:
- New Year’s Eve from 23:00hrs onwards: Line will be closed from Connolly to Pearse only, to facilitate those travelling home from city centre to southside locations on late night trains after Dublin’s NYE Festival events.
- Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd January from 06:00hrs to 18:00hrs inclusive: Line will be closed from Connolly to Pearse only, to facilitate those early returning commuters travelling between southside and city centre. Southside DART services will operate between Pearse and Bray/Greystones.
Throughout the works, Connolly Station will be fully operational with the exception of platform 7, and Grand Canal Dock Station will be fully operational.
The works will see 2.1 kms of track, across both lines, fully relayed from south end of platform 6/7 in Connolly Station through to Pearse Station.
Monday 6th January 2025
- Normal service on all routes.
REMEMBER: Please check the exact times for your journey before travelling on all routes for all dates at www.irishrail.ie
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