Seems like IE won't admit to the 18:15 failure as well
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Originally Posted by Irish Independent
Commuter chaos as trains get stuck
RUSH-hour on the trains turned into bedlam last night after a DART failure stranded thousands of weary travellers on trains going nowhere.
Chaos struck at the middle of rush-hour when a north-bound DART failed at Merrion Gates at about 5.15pm.
North-bound trains travelling behind the failed train stacked up and as a result there was a shortage of south-bound darts.
Rail bosses began to terminate trains at Pearse station, return them north-bound and then feed them back to the south-side. They also got trains to switch tracks to get by the problem areas.
But huge queues built up on platforms across the city. The frustration of angry travellers was not helped by the lack of announcements in trains and on station platforms.
Commuter trains were also hit. The 5pm Maynooth train left Bray on time but ran into chaos at Blackrock. It finally pulled into Connolly station 99 minutes late.
A spokesperson for Iarnrod Eireann said that a maintenance crew was at the failed train within 40 minutes and remained at the scene until 6.20pm.
Brendan Farrelly
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