Southside DART passengers Due to poor planning and lack of proper operational discipline DART services may leave up to 5 minutes early this weekend Ensure you arrive at the station in good time

Major engineering works impacting service this weekend 21/22 Feb No service Connolly Howth Malahide Drogheda. Limited bus replacement, Belfast only every second hour This evening engineering works Cork Mallow, 2100 Dublin Cork bus transfer from Charleville Check before travel

1600 Heuston Cork has failed at Portarlington Passengers will transfer to the 1700 Heuston Cork which will call additionally at Portarlington, Thurles 1625 Heuston Limerick +47 1700 Heuston Cork +21 1705 Heuston Tralee +37 1725 Heuston Limerick +22 1800 Heuston Cork +12

Delays and disruption on Dublin Belfast services after earlier failure of 0800 Belfast Dublin at Portadown 1050 Dublin Belfast is not an Enterprise train as a result

Rail passenger numbers up 8.6% in 2025 to a record 55 million Roughly 50 carriages worth of demand, zero carriages added in 2025, zero for 2026. Easter 2027 before any increase in actual physical capacity Its going to get uncomfortable, the NTA & politicians are to blame

Great progress continues in Cork, double track now in place from Carrigtwohill and MIdleton Program is several months ahead of schedule www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXa4...

0755 Bray Howth running 2 coaches less than scheduled Expect delays and overcrowding

Delays through Clonsilla station 1659 Maynooth Connolly is still at Clonsilla waiting on Gardai to attend an incident onboard All trains will use the Maynooth bound platform, check you are on the right train when boarding

Due to signalling problems between Portadown and Newry the line is closed. 0650 Dublin Belfast terminates at Newry 0700 Belfast Dublin terminates at Portadown 0900 Belfast Dublin starts from Newry

Major delays on Dublin Cork, Dublin Portlaoise, Dublin Galway services due a signalling fault at Portarlington

2203 Malahide Bray +14 delay due a passenger requiring medical assistance

BIt of a nightmare morning Multiple signalling faults Phoenix Park Tunnel services diverted to Heuston Bridge strike between Kilucan and Mullingar Never ending list of trains with 'technical faults' And a train vs deer incident

Electrical outage impacting Pelletstown station, real time displays and leap card validators are all dead

1804 Malahide Bray will run non stop Dún Laoghaire

1724 Malahide Greystones has been terminated at Connolly 1901 Greystones Howth likely canceled also

11 minutes seems to magically be the delay number today 0745 Bray Howth +9 0615 Cork Heuston +11 0640 Limerick Heuston +11 0750 Waterford Heuston +11

Not the greatest news, Steve fought for & delivered the hourly Dublin Cork service, it went down to a single vote at a board meeting. Vast operational knowledge is a big loss to transforming Irish Rail Chairman of Irish Rail steps down after two years in role www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

0850 Connolly Belfast has stopped between Dundalk and Newry, train has struck animals on the line 0950 Connolly Belfast and 1000 Belfast Connolly at risk of delay as a result

Undefined issue at Athlone leading to problems 0525 Galway Heuston +13 0515 Westport Heuston +23 0625 Galway Heuston +12 0545 Heuston Galway +10 0720 Howth Greystones +9, due inability to get the 0542 Greystones Howth to run on time

Bad run of cancellations today 1712 Maynooth Connolly cancelled 1800 Connolly Maynooth cancelled 1841 Maynooth Connolly cancelled 1355 Howth Greystones cancelled from Bray 1231 Greystones Malahide started from Connolly 1055 Howth Greystones cancelled from Clontarf Rd 1/2

Lifts out of action Seapoint - Storm damage Dún Laoghaire - Level access via harbour entrance Maynooth - Vandalism, level access via secondary car park Kishoge - P4 no scheduled services, blocks car park access A lift out does not necessarily mean level access is not available

0640 Howth Bray - terminated at Kilester 0815 Bray Howth cancelled Delays at Bray station 0654 Greystones Bray +9

0700 Heuston Cork cancelled after breakdown 0800 Heuston Cork +29 0705 Tralee Heuston +37 0855 Limerick Heuston +33 0900 Heuston Cork +29 1000 Heuston Cork +39

0800 Dublin Cork will travel on the Dublin bound track to Ballybrophy and will collect the passengers off the 0700 service Dublin bound services now stopped at Templemore

0700 Dublin Cork remains stopped south of Portlaoise 0800 Dublin Cork is stuck behind the failed train 0900 Dublin Cork has not departed Heuston Risk to services from Cork to Dublin, 1025, 1125 and 1225

0755 Connolly Rosslare is +30 dry late departure from Connolly

0700 Dublin Cork stopped south of Portlaoise 0800 Dublin Cork service also delayed as a result

Major delays across rail network this evening following multiple issues earlier in the day All routes running but delays of up to 30 minutes

Great to see a conviction and a custodial sentence but this is disgraceful, “When gardaí arrived, Nevin was being detained by security. Gda O'Toole said it had taken gardaí around two hours to respond to the call as it was a busy night.” www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

DART services to Malahide have resumed Expect delays and alterations this evening

Rosslare line services have now resumed with full service expected for all services this afternoon and evening

Taken far too long to implement, paper passes were subject to abuse and fakes not uncommon From 1 March 2026, to use Free Travel you will need a valid in-date Free Travel Public Services Card (PSC). Free Travel Paper Passes will no longer be valid to use from 1 March 2026.

Clongriffin - Malahide remains closed to DART services, Northern line and Enterprise services delays Delays Salthill-Seapoint due signalling issues following yesterdays flooding Rosslare line remains suspended while line is cleared of debris at Kilcoole

Status No DART service Clongriffin Malahide but Enterprise and Northern Line is now back moving, Northern line services will call at Portmarnock Rosslare line remains suspended

Southside DART services are back running with delays No service Malahide Howth Junction Rosslare line services cancelled due flooding and debris on line

Line between Lansdowne and Dún Laoghaire remains closed. Line Dún Laoghaire Bray has reopened Greystones Wicklow is now closed due weather conditions Extensive flooding Blackrock Salthill. Doesn’t look likely that service will resume today

Luas services suspended Stephen’s Green Dominick Major incident in city centre www.thejournal.ie/emergency-se...

Flooding is back Lansdowne Rd - Bray closed Enniscorthy - Wexford closed

Round two to embarrass maintenance standards at Irish Rail A door locked out of service for over a week causing all kinds of problems Folks getting off at Grand Canal Dock are about to get a surprise and panic to push through a packed carriage to escape before the doors close

After last weeks bit of public embarrassment the broken window on 8607 was replaced in recent days 3 weeks in service like this but hey that’s ok, a graffiti tag would result in immediate withdrawal from service until removed Priorities all wrong

Damage to roof at Dún Laoghaire a tear has opened up in the roof covering @irishrail.bsky.social this needs attention

Advanced warning Engineering works will impact Northside DART, Northern line and Enterprise services February 21/22

1715 Howth Bray appears to be cancelled, next southbound service is 8 late so lots waiting who won’t be able to get on

Progress and an interesting approach from TII, the core civil contract is split in two and will be awarded to different consortia No mention of the airport station though… 'Pivotal milestone' - First MetroLink phases go to tender www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

Got to love Irish Rail’s focus on modern IT and QA processes Laser card was withdrawn 12 years ago…

0811 Malahide Bray failed before departure at Malahide Major delays through Malahide as a result Delays continue due earlier signalling fault between Lansdowne Rd and Sandymount

DART service currently unusable due to flooding at Blackrock trains moving but long waits at stations especially heading southbound, queue of trains waiting to get past the flooded section Avoid travel

After 25 year wait Irish Rail is finally installing handrails at doorways the number one location of slips & falls Mandatory under RVAR 1998 rules the train was specified to but curiously omitted The 1999 built & scrapped Alstom DART carriages came with them from factory…

While progress of a sort, there was a clock ticking to execute the CPO as it must be done within 18 months of the Railway Order being awarded. This keeps the project alive. 750 landowners in compulsory purchase process for DART South West route www.independent.ie/irish-news/7...

Services are suspended between Lansdowne Road and Dun Laoghaire due flooding at Blackrock