Major southside DART disruption during June bank holiday due to Irish Rail works
Southside DART services will be majorly disrupted during the June bank holiday weekend due to line improvement works.
Track renewal, bridge upgrade and level crossing renewal works will take place at multiple sites over the June bank holiday weekend resulting in DART services being suspended between Connolly and Dun Laoghaire. Rail tickets will be valid on Dublin Bus services to/from areas affected.
DART services will operate between Malahide/Howth and Connolly, and between Dun Laoghaire and Bray/Greystones. Dublin to Rosslare Europort services will operate with bus transfers between Dublin Connolly and Bray.
Irish Rail said they apologise to customers for the inconvenience caused by these essential works. They also warned customers that pre-booking is essential at busiest times across the weekend, including for the duration of Bord Bia Bloom, Thursday 29th May to Monday 2nd June.
There is high demand on Heuston Intercity routes in particular, with Bloom offering a free shuttle bus available from Parkgate St to the Bloom site. A number of trains on Intercity routes are already sold out (including some trains from Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford to Dublin) and customers must pre-book at www.irishrail.ie to ensure travel.
Additional trains will operate for a number of major events including:
Extra weekend Intercity services from Cork and Galway to Dublin Heuston for Bord Bia Bloom
Extra Northside DART and Maynooth Commuter trains after St Anne's Park concerts (Lumineers Saturday, ReWind Sunday)
Extra Malahide DART after Aslan at West Lawn, Malahide Castle (Saturday 1 st June)
June) Extra early trains from Cobh (07:00hrs), Mallow (07:00hrs) and Midleton (07:15hrs) to Cork for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday 1 st June
June Extra trains from Dundalk to Dublin on Sunday 1 st June for Armagh v Dublin All-Ireland Football Championship
June for Armagh v Dublin All-Ireland Football Championship Deferred final trains from Heuston to Kildare after Forbidden Fruit (Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June)
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