Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
13 March 2025
Here you will find a complete list of planned night-time track works to Iarnród Éireann rail services.
Iarnród Éireann is committed to providing a quality train service to the large number of DART, Commuter and Intercity passengers using the railway on a daily basis. In order to ensure safe delivery of these public services we have to constantly maintain and improve the track infrastructure. Most of this work is safety critical maintenance work which has to take place at night when passenger trains are not running. This work can be noisy and affect people whose homes are near the operating railway as it involves the use of on-track machines and power tools.
We endeavour to notify house owners adjacent to the railway of any planned night-time works near their homes. In the case of apartment blocks and multiple units, communication is primarily through the relevant management companies or multiple unit owners.
Night-time track works can involve:
- Points and Crossing maintenance
- Plain Line Track maintenance
- Vegetation Control
- Bridge maintenance and Renewals
- Ballasting Works

Night-time track works generally take place between midnight and 6am, except on Sundays when work can continue until 8am.
On some occasions, emergency works have to be carried out at short notice and it is not possible to advise home owners in advance. Also, some maintenance work is linear in nature and can be spread over approximately 2km on any one night alone, making it impractical to notify all of the homes that may be affected.
For alterations and amendments to the scheduled timetable due to line improvement works please see our Upcoming Line Improvement Works page.
The following currently scheduled night-time works are in close proximity to residential areas:
Station / Area | Date | Location |
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Bray Yard |
10th - 15th March |
Essential track maintenance (breather switch/points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray Yard |
24th March - 11th April |
Ground Investigation Works, Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Casterea, Co Roscommon |
1st - 4th April |
Essential railway engineering and safety critical track maintenance works at Bridge Number: OBM 729 and UBM 729B. Works will take place from 22:00 to 06:00 nightly |
Clongriffin |
10th - 15th March |
Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Clongriffin - Portmarnock |
10th - 15th March |
Essential linear track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Clowning’s Kildare |
18th March – 22nd March |
Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Fairview | 10th - 15th March | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch/points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Pearse |
10th - 16th March |
Essential linear track maintenance (thermit welding). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly - Wast Wall & North Strand |
18th March – 22nd March |
Essential track maintenance (breather switch/points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Coolmine |
10th March & 11th March |
Essential level crossing maintenance (line painting). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 10th - 16th March | Essential track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 10th March – 16th March | Kearney’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Drumcondra – Glasnevin | 10th March – 12th March | Essential linear track maintenance (track repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dun Laoghaire - Sandycove | 10th March - 15th March | Essential linear track maintenance (scrap removal/ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dundalk | 10th March – 22nd March | Dunleer. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Enfield – Clonsilla | 18th March – 22nd March | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Foley’s Garden Lucan | 18th March – 22nd March | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Glenageary – Dalkey | 3rd March – 11th April | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal works). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Heuston Station | 10th - 15th March | Essential bridge maintenance (OBC1). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hill of Down | 26th February - 17th May | Essential track maintenance (cable installation/containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Junction – Bayside | 18th March – 19th March | Essential linear track maintenance (overhead cable inspections). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare - Curragh | 18th March - 17th May | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 11th - 13th March | Knockmoylan to Ballyhale. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 12th - 15th March | Thomastown to Newhouse. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 13th - 15th March | Dunkitt to Newrath. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 3rd - 8th March | Newrath to Mullinavat. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killucan - Leixlip | 10th - 15th March | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Laytown | 10th - 15th March | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Lucan North | 10th - 15th March | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
North Wall | 18th March – 22nd March | Essential track maintenance (Pointscare maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Newrath – Mullinavat | 18th March – 22nd March | Essential linear track maintenance (track repairs). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Pike’s Bridge | 10th - 15th March | Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington | 10th - 15th March | Essential track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sallins | 10th - 22nd March | Essential track maintenance (track repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Sutton Station |
13th March – 21st March |
Sutton level crossing. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed. |
Contact our Community Liaison, Infrastructure Department
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