Iarnród Éireann Night-time Track Works
18 July 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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Ballyfermot | 5th August – 9th August | Landen Road. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Ballyfermot | 28th July – 2nd August | Landen Road. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Bettystown | 28th July – 6th August | Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bettystown | 6th August – 10th August | Essential linear track maintenance (re-railing). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Blackrock – Dun Laoghaire | 5th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Bray Station | 8th August – 10th August | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherry Orchard | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential bridge maintenance (OBC8B). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherry Orchard – Inchicore | 5th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Cherryville | 26th May - 2nd August | Cherryville compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Clontarf | 31st July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (points maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly – East Wall | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (points & breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Connolly – East Wall | 5th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch/points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dalkey – Killiney | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 28th July – 6th August | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Drogheda | 6th August – 10th August | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dunboyne | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential track maintenance (rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Dun Laoghaire | 5th August – 9th August | West Pier. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Enfield | 5th August – 9th August | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Glenageary - Dalkey | 7th July - 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Gormanstown | 28th July – 6th August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Gormanstown | 6th August – 10th August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Hansfield | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential track maintenance (rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hazelhatch – Sallins | 28th July – 3rd August | Essential linear track maintenance (rerailing/ballast maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Hill of Down | 21st July – 26th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Howth Junction – Clongriffin | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (points & breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Howth Junction – Howth | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (points & breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Inchicore | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare | 26th May - 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kildare | 28th July – 2nd August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Kildare | 5th August – 9th August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Kildare – Cherryville | 6th August – 4th October | Essential linear track maintenance (track delivery unit, track renewal). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 28th July – 2nd August | Newrath to Mullinavat. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Kilkenny | 5th August – 10th August | Newrath to Grange. Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Killester | 7th August – 9th August | Killester compound. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Laytown | 6th August – 10th August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Laytown | 28th July – 6th August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Lucan North | 28th July – 2nd August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Lucan North | 5th August – 9th August | Foley’s Yard. Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Limerick - Ennis Line | 29th July - 1st August | Essential railway engineering and safety critical track maintenance works. Works will take place nightly between 10pm and 6am respectively |
M3 Parkway | 5th August – 9th August | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Malahide | 7th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (breather switch/points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Malahide | 31st July – 2nd August | Essential track maintenance (points & breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth | 5th August – 9th August | Essential track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth - Ashtown | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth – Ashtown | 5th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth – Killucan | 5th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Maynooth – Killucan | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance. Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Newbridge | 21st July – 26th July | Essential track maintenance (points/breather switch repair/rail repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
North Strand - Glasnevin | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential linear track maintenance (points & breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
North Wall | 5th August – 9th August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Pearse – Connolly | 5th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (veg control/greasing check rail). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Pearse – Grand Canal Dock | 7th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (points repair). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Pearse – Lansdowne Road | 21st July – 26th July | Essential linear track maintenance (scrap removal/points & breather switch maintenance). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Portarlington | 21st July -26th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Portarlington | 28th July – 2nd August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Raheny – Kilbarrack | 7th August – 9th August | Essential linear track maintenance (muck digging). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Shankill - Bray | 14th July - 15th August | Essential linear track maintenance (track renewals). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Spin Bridge | 21st July – 26th July | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Spin Bridge | 28th July – 2nd August | Access/Egress. Loading on/off machine. Use of heavy on track machines needed |
Tara Street Station | 5th August – 6th September | Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL46). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Tara Street Station | 14th July - 2nd August | Essential bridge maintenance (UBLL46). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Wicklow Station | 28th July – 2nd August | Essential track maintenance (cable containment/installation). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |
Wicklow Station | 5th August – 9th August | Essential track maintenance (cable installation/containment). Use of heavy on track machinery needed |