| Colm Moore |
29-10-2011 00:06 |
DART & Rosslare disruption
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DART & Rosslare disruption: Southside flood repair works & planned works North of Connolly by Corporate Communications
Friday 28th October, 23.40hrs
Iarnród Éireann advises customers that there is serious disruption to southside DART services and Rosslare / Gorey rail services.
The line is closed between Grand Canal Dock and Sydney Parade due to flood damage in the vicinity of a bridge pier at the Dodder Bridge, to the south end of Lansdowne Road Station. The works to repair this damage, and resulting disruption, will continue for up to a fortnight.
In addition, scheduled works north of Connolly Station at Ossory Road on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October will also affect rail service.
Service arrangements Sat 29th-Sun 30th October
Services affected on Saturday and Sunday are:
DART: DART services will operate Howth/Malahide to Clontarf Road on Saturday and Sunday, and from Sydney Parade to Greystones (note Southside service will be reduced in frequency, operating every 30 minutes, to the scheduled Greystones DART timetable).
There will be no DART service between Clontarf Road and Sydney Parade on Saturday and Sunday.
An hourly shuttle train service will operate between Clontarf Road and Connolly Stations. Customers may also avail of Dublin Bus scheduled services: 130 from Clontarf Road and 29A, 31, 31B, 32, 32B from Howth Road. Dublin Bus will accept all valid rail tickets on the above mentioned services.
Rosslare/Gorey: Rosslare and Gorey services will operate Rosslare/Gorey to Bray, with bus transfers between Bray and Dublin Connolly.
Dundalk and Drogheda services will operate with an amended timetable and will operate to and from Connolly Station only. Maynooth and M3 Parkway-Dublin services will operate with an amended timetable, and Drumcondra Station will be closed.
Other commuter: Commuter services which operate from Drogheda or Maynooth or M3 Parkway will operate from Drogheda/Maynooth/M3 Parkway to Connolly on Saturday and Sunday, with an amended timetable. Drumcondra Station will be closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Service arrangements Mon 31st October onwards
Services affected are:
DART: DART services will operate Howth/Malahide to Grand Canal Dock, and from Sydney Parade to Greystones (note Southside service will be reduced in frequency, operating every 30 minutes, to the scheduled Greystones DART timetable). There will be no DART service between Grand Canal Dock and Sydney Parade. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for customers affected.
Rosslare/Gorey: Rosslare and Gorey services will operate Rosslare/Gorey to Bray, with bus transfers between Bray and Dublin Connolly.
Other commuter: Other commuter services which operate from Drogheda or Maynooth to Dun Laoghaire and Bray will now only operate from Drogheda/Maynooth to Pearse. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for customers travelling south of Pearse.
The length of time this disruption will continue for is currently being assessed, and it is hoped to confirm this today. However, it will be for a number of days at least.
More detailed service information will be provided as soon as possible.
Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.
Dodder Bridge, Lansdowne Rd - bridge and damage: disruption expected to continue for up to a fortnight
The line has been closed due to damage to the ground in the vicinity of a pier on the Dodder Bridge at the south end of Lansdowne Road Station.
Our current assessment is that the repair works and disruption will be ongoing for up to a fortnight.
This area was flooded on Monday of this week (24th October), during the torrential rainfall in the Dublin area.
At least two large trees which fell were swept downstream by the River Dodder and were lodged under the bridge, causing debris to build up at and under the bridge.
The bridge is a single span structure, and as part of new safety protocols adopted following the investigations into the Malahide Viaduct accident in 2009, a detailed inspection is automatically carried out of structures affected by a major flood event as soon as possible.
This inspection carried out by divers, has shown this evening damage to the ground in the vicinity of a support pier of the bridge, as a result of this week's flood. No such damage was present at its previous underwater inspection in October 2009.
When this damage was reported on Thursday evening, Iarnród Éireann closed the structure as a precautionary measure, to allow repair works to be carried out.
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