[21-08-08] Malahide viaduct

[Kilocharlie]

A 20m section of the Viaduct collapsed - pictures on RTE web. Very serious with rails in mid-air and a derailment only narrowly avoided according to RTE.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0821/rail.html

[Mark Gleeson]

Looks like the very centre span collapsed, pier on the right looks to have collapsed as well

Very serious, could be weeks to repair

I have the engineering details of the viaduct somewhere at home, they could prove interesting. The piers the bridge is carried on appear to be the originals. Scour from the tidal flows has always been a problem

[Bluetonic]

There has been 'spring tides' the last few days.

Extremely high tides. Further up the coast at Balbriggan it's was as high as I've seen it in recent years, if as high as ever.

[tigger1962]

so commuter chaos for the next few weeks wonder how they'll handle the annual/monthly commuter ticket holders!

[coffeedrinker]

Originally Posted by tigger1962

so commuter chaos for the next few weeks wonder how they'll handle the annual/monthly commuter ticket holders!

My annual ticket expires at the end of September and I was going to get my employer to order my next years one. I for one hope they don't arrange a refund but just allow the annual tickets to be used on whatever amazing contingency buses etc that IR come up with. I'm commuting from Drogheda so whether they provide buses from hte Train Station to town or to Malahide or if I do have to get Bus Eireann, that I can use my Annual Ticket.

Just thinking back to the time of the Skerries derailment, I left my house in Drogheda about 6.30 am and got into work about 4 hours later with a combination of Bus Eireann and Dart, if everymorning is like that this time, i won't have to worry about getting my employer to order an Annual ticket, cos I won't have a job!!