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Rail Users Ireland is Ireland's National Rail Users Organisation. Established in 2003 to campaign for improved services and conditions for rail passengers
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Pretty dire morning on services from Cork

0540 Cork Heuston +73
0615 Cork Heuston +62
0700 Cork Heuston +14

Compensation is payable for delays over 60 minutes
All services suspended Sligo/Longford/Mullingar/Maynooth

0540 Cork Heuston +11
Engineering works this evening will result in bus transfers between Athenry and Galway on some services

Check before travel

These works relate to the ongoing redevelopment of Galway statio
Friday delays

0742 Bray Howth cancelled
0751 Malahide Bray +7

0625 Galway Heuston +16
0745 Limerick Dublin +10
0812 Portlaoise Heuston +11
0730 Galway Heuston +10

0700 Heuston Cork +7
0800 Heuston Cork +9

0735 Heuston Westport +10
More delays

0540 Cork Heuston +45
0615 Cork Heuston +36
0735 Newbridge Heuston +8
Travelling to/from Cork, Kerry or Limerick by rail this weekend

Major engineering works. No trains running south of Thurles

Bus transfers in place, check before travel, avoid travel if possible
0720 Howth Greystones has broken down at Clontraf Rd

This will result in a cancellation from Greystones/Bray later this morning
Never ending list of delays

0515 Westport Heuston +10
0525 Galway Heuston +12
0540 Sligo Connolly +18
0555 Waterford Heuston +8

0640 Limerick Heuston +16
0640 Drogheda Pearse +13

0719 Newrbridge Grand Canal Dock +11
0730 Malahide Bray +9
0735 Newbridge Heuston +11
Due ploughing championship near Tullamore on 16-18 Sept

Extremely busy trains expected, advanced booking highly advised

Shuttle buses at Tullamore & Portarlington stations use the add extra option when booking a train ticket to either Portarlington or Tullamore to add bus
No service

Grand Canal Dock - Greystones
Red Cow - Tallaght/Saggart

Sat 13/Sun 14 due engineering works, Luas will provide shuttle buses at Red Cow, Irish Rail point you to a bus stop but didn’t arrange any extra buses so avoid travel
Fridays delays

0520 Athlone Heuston +29
0650 Malahide Greystones +9
0600 Heuston Cork +49

Train cancelled - bus replacement
0645 Limerick Ballybrophy
0749 Nenagh Limerick
0900 Ballybrophy Limerick
Back moving 22 minutes late currently
1900 Dublin Cork has broken down yet again

Currently stuck on the platform at Portlaoise for 22 minutes.

Going to be a long night
Another don’t bother fixing the problem at Seapoint

Instead of addressing the disintegrating floor due repeated flooding as there is no drainage its patch and hide, with a bonus extra trip hazard
Major engineering works this weekend 13/14 September

No service Grand Canal Dock to Greystones

No notices found at multiple stations visited yesterday evening to advise passengers
And the flood begins...

0530 Cork Cobh - Cancelled
0545 Cork Midleton - Cancelled
0600 Cobh Cork - Cancelled
0615 Midleton Cork - Cancelled

0515 Westport Heuston +10
0525 Galway Heuston +15
0555 Waterford Heuston +10
0719 Newbridge GCD +9
0735 Newbridge Heuston +13
Much better day than yesterday but its still very early

0540 Cork Heuston +14
0600 Heuston Cork +7
0620 Portlaoise Heuston +10
0658 Newbridge GCD +7
Great start to the week

0545 Gorey Dublin +19
0525 Galway Dublin +15
0735 Newbridge +13
0715 Westport Dublin +25

Multiple cancellations and service alterations on M3-Docklands services, check before travel
No service Smithfield to Point from 7pm Tuesday and Wednesday

This is to facilitate works to remove the overhead wires at George’s Dock to provide access to start work on replacing the damaged bridge
Luas services suspended until further notice between Busaras and Point following last nights fire at Georges Dock

The bridge was damaged in the fire and will need assessment as to if it can be repaired or needs to be replaced
Delays of up to to 20 minutes on services towards Dublin Heuston

This is due to an earlier technical fault on the 0540 Cork Dublin service
After concert
2300, 2315, 2325, 2355 Drumcondra Maynooth
2340 Connolly Dundalk
2359 Connolly Belfast

After midnight, so Aug 18...
0030 Connolly Greystones
0032 Connolly Howth
0035 Heuston Kildare
0040 Heuston Cork, change for Limerick
Busy day today, if a train shows as sold out it is sold out and you will be refused travel without a reservation.

Extra trains before Oasis concert
0745 Cork Heuston  
1045 Waterford Heuston
1155 Dundalk Connolly
1455 Dundalk Connolly
1455 Longford Connolly

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