Friday 25 June, 2021
Irish Rail is asking for more vigilance from road users, as most incident involved collisions with barriers.
Customers have expressed frustration at their reservation name or number not appearing above the seat they have booked.
This is the second incident of its kind today.
Several lifts were out of order at Dart stations this morning. Irish Rail said it was working to get them fixed.
Irish Rail says it won’t have more carriages on the network for the next two years.
Drumcondra station has resumed service after the truck hit a bridge earlier today.
Recent issues with lifts not working have left many wheelchair users unable to access certain stations.
‘If people were treated the same way because of their skin colour or religion, the country would shut down.’
People can text the word TRAIN followed by their location and details of the incident in question to 51444.
The truck struck a bridge at South Lotts.
It’s in honour of International Level Crossing Awareness Day, which is a thing apparently.
Irish Rail tweeted that services had been suspended on the line.
Tara Street and Pearse Stations will both be closed today.
Newbridge to Grand Canal Dock train services are operating from/to Hazelhatch as a result.
Services will remain suspended until at least 3pm.
There will be bus transfers available between Connolly and Bray for Connolly/Rosslare Europort services.
The company wants customer feedback on the proposed changes.
Shorter trains are causing problems for passengers on the northside of Dublin.
One commuter said that the changes make their journey “almost unmanageable”.
The 15.35 Heuston to Galway train collided with 8 cattle.
Services will be affected throughout the week due to damage caused by a fire in Bray.
If you’re taking the train this weekend, Iarnród Éireann is advising you check ahead.
People travelling on the Dublin to Cork and Dublin to Kerry services yesterday evening experienced significant delays.
Names not appearing above pre-booked seats has been an issue for some time.
Industrial action by Irish Rail workers affected many commuters in November.
They’re also not happy with Transport Minister Shane Ross’ lack of intervention in the dispute.
More than 150,000 customers will be affected by the industrial action.
The Taoiseach said that whatever deal is struck at the end of the dispute won’t be affected by the announced strike action.
Services will stop at midnight tonight in the first of five stoppages.
It’s not yet known when normal Dart and train services will resume.
Unions have accused the Irish Rail CEO of undercutting his negotiators last night.
Iarnród Éireann is currently in the process of seeking solutions to reduce the number of railway bridges being hit.
Services between Connolly Station and Tara Street were suspended earlier.
Bus transfers between the two stations were in operation for a period this afternoon.
Iarnród Éireann says it has to address an annual shortfall of €100 million.
There were disturbances on board the Dublin-Belfast train on Saturday.
“It shouldn’t be up to the passengers to have to ask when they have gone to the bother of booking their seat.”
Members of the Wexford Tidy Towns committee travelled to Tidy Towns winner Skerries as part of the Journal Journeys competition.
Despite the teething problems, Irish Rail has said the new site will make travelling by train easier.
Irish Rail said it has reported the “shocking and disgraceful incident” to gardaí.
