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[11-05-2011] Connolly Evacuated

Due to a security alert

More information on RTE

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0511/connolly.html

All trains remain running but not stopping

Sligo services operating to Pearse

Cross border services change Howth Junction for a DART for onwards (note all Enterprise tickets are always valid to Pearse/Tara). Cross border trains not allowed to Pearse (never been tested)

Ongoing Security Alert Connolly Station

Current status - 11:15am

Connolly reopened, normal services to resume

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Current status - 11am

No rail services through Connolly

DART terminate Tara street and Clontarf Rd (suggest 130 bus to city or walk)

Northern line terminate at Clontraf Rd also (suggest 130 bus to city or walk)

Maynooth line to Drumcondra (range of buses stop opposite station) or use Docklands M3 services to reach Docklands station and 151 bus or Luas back into city

Sligo services diverted to Docklands station or use Docklands M3 services to connect at Clonsilla (151 bus or Luas back to city)

Belfast services, bus transfer from Pearse/Tara to Howth Junction

Rosslare remains from Pearse

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Previous details
DART - full service not stopping Connolly

Maynooth/Northern Line - full service not stopping Connolly (assuming extend to Pearse if Connolly terminating)

Belfast - terminating at Howth Junction (contingency plan the only long platform available north of Connolly) use DART from any station to reach

Sligo - will start/terminate at Pearse

Rosslare - will start/terminate at Pearse

Luas services are not serving Connolly stop

Notes
1. Enterprise tickets are valid to Pearse/Tara always
2. Reservations can be collected at any ticket machine anywhere regardless of where you selected when making the booking
3. Abbey Street is the nearest Luas stop to Tara Street

Services through Connolly have now been suspended.

Northern line: All trains depart from Clontarf Road
Maynooth line: All trains depart Drumcondra
Southside DART: All trains depart Tara Street

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0511/connolly.html

Quote:

Connolly Station reopens after alert
Updated: 17:35, Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Connolly Station has reopened following a security alert in Dublin city centre.

Connolly Station has reopened following a security alert in Dublin city centre this morning.

In a statement on Twitter, Iarnród Éireann said the station had reopened with full services resuming subject to delays.

The army bomb disposal team was called out to deal with a suspicious device found on Amiens St, which has now been made safe.

The Defence Forces said the device has been classified as a non-viable Improvised Explosive Device.

It is the fourth IED dealt with by its bomb disposal teams in the last 24 hours, Defence Forces said.