Grand Canal Dock - Sydney Parade reopens 8/11/2011
 

It appears that the damage to the bridge at Lansdowne Rd is worse than first thought

No service Pearse - Dun Laoghaire until further notice.

We are expecting some improvement on that (i.e Grand Canal Dock - Booterstown closed) but we have to wait and see on details.

[27/10/2011] - [?] Pearse-Dun Laoghaire closed
 

Some safety concerns should be expressed here- that bridge has had thousands of people over it since the flood water subsided.

Shockingly abrupt notice too- was the problem only discovered now?

Also, no notice of how this will affect the weekend services, seeing as they were already curtailed to Clontaf Rd northbound. A shuttle Pearse-Clontarf Rd and back I guess.

Closure is now Sydney Parade - Grand Canal Dock as we more or less guessed a while ago

Expect a train every 20-30 minutes Bray - Sydney Parade, 50% of trains will be on the wrong platforms in both directions from Sydney Parade as far as Salthill as this is the only way to get this to work out

Full or close to full DART service on northside to Grand Canal Dock station.

All Maynooth/Northern line trains which terminate south of Pearse will terminate at Pearse

Rosslare line bus transfers to/from Bray

Dublin Bus will accept all rail tickets and rail smartcards on southside

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

Will be a challenging operating environment tomorrow. Southside arrangements will be complicated by the continuing absence of crossovers at Merrion which means that every 2nd train will have to operate on the "wrong line" northbound from Dun Laoghaire or southbound from Sydney Parade. In other words a northbound train from Dun Laoghaire will have to return from Sydney Parade on the same line as it travels to Sydney Parade. It should be possible to maintain a half-hourly Greystones to Sydney Parade service adhering to the published schedules. All other services north of Bray will preumeably be cancelled.

Running the normal northern and Maynooth services to Pearse/Grand Canal Dock will be somewhat of a challenge, although operating the DART to Grand Canal Dock and the outer suburban services to Pearse should mitigate the congestion somewhat. A spare DART driver at Grand Canal Dock to speed up reversing movements would be of considerable assistance as it will be necessary for trains to run south of Grand Canal Dock in order to obtain normal running signals for return northbound departure. Any other method of operation is likely to cause near terminal congestion and collapse the peak period service.

Bus Options to city
 

Bray
=> 145/84

Shankill-Glasthule
=> 7/59 (change at DL)

Dun Laoghaire
=> 46a/7

Salthill - City
=> 4/7/8

Crazy alternatives => 63 bus from Dun Laoghaire via Deansgrange to Ballyoggan Wood Luas stop.

Bus alternatives
 

Best strategy if heading north to the city centre: Try to travel off peak. Travel as far as you can on DART and then change to bus. Purchase return or multi-day tickets if possible. Have your ticket(s) / money ready to hand before arriving at the train station / bus stop.

If paying on the bus, please have the correct change ready, bank notes are not accepted. Only single tickets are available on the bus. However, Dublin Bus ticket agents: http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Ti...Ticket-Agents/ stock a variety of multi-day day tickets (1, 3, 5, 30 days - days used need not be consecutive) and Travel 90 tickets (10 Journey Travel 90 Adult €19, each ticket valid on any number of buses, once the last boarding is within 90 minutes of the first boarding with that ticket).

Note that not all of the bus services below serve the relevant train station. The relevant maps can be found by clicking on the route numbers here: http://www.dublinbus.ie/Your-Journey1/Timetables/ Bus services that do not operate north of Dún Laoghaire are not listed.

From Kilcoole
84 Towards Cherrywood Luas and UCD
84x Towards City Centre (Eden Quay) - limited number of departures per day, semi-express service.

From Greystones:
84 Towards Cherrywood Luas and UCD
84x Towards City Centre (Eden Quay) - limited number of departures per day, semi-express service.

From Bray:
45 Towards City Centre (Merrion Square)
84 Towards Cherrywood Luas and UCD
84x Towards City Centre (Eden Quay) - limited number of departures per day, semi-express service. Serves Bray Southern Cross, not Bray town centre.
145 Towards City Centre and Heuston Rail Station

From Shankill:
7b Towards UCD and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
45 Towards City Centre (Merrion Square)
84 Towards Cherrywood Luas and UCD
145 Towards City Centre and Heuston Rail Station

From Killiney:
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
7b Towards UCD and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day

From Dalkey:
7d Towards Donnybrook and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
59 Towards Dún Laoghaire ONLY

From Glenageary:
7d Towards Donnybrook and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
59 Towards Dún Laoghaire ONLY

From Sandycove & Glasthule:
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
7d Towards Donnybrook and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
45a Towards Dun Laoghaire (DART Station) ONLY
59 Towards Dun Laoghaire ONLY
111 Towards Dun Laoghaire ONLY

From Dún Laoghaire
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
46a Towards UCD, City Centre and Phoenix Park
63 Towards Carrickmines Luas, Ballyogan Luas and Kilternan
75 Towards Stillorgan, Dundrum Luas and Tallaght (The Square)

From Salthill & Monkstown:
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day

From Seapoint:
4 Towards Ballsbridge, City Centre and Harristown
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
45 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Merrion Square)

From Blackrock:
4 Towards Ballsbridge, City Centre and Harristown
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
17 Towards UCD, Dundrum Luas, Terenure and Rialto (connection nearby for Red Luas)
45 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Merrion Square)
46E Towards UCD and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
114 Towards Sandyford Luas and Ticknock

From Booterstown:
4 Towards Ballsbridge, City Centre and Harristown
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
17 Towards UCD, Dundrum Luas, Terenure and Rialto (connection nearby for Red Luas)
45 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Merrion Square)
46E Towards UCD and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
114 Towards Sandyford Luas and Ticknock

From Sydney Parade:
2 Towards Sandymount, Ringsend and City Centre (Parnell Square)
3 Towards Sandymount, Ringsend, City Centre and Larkhill
4 Towards Ballsbridge, City Centre and Harristown
7 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
45 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Merrion Square)
47 Towards Ballsbridge and City Centre (Pearse Street)

From Sandymount:
4 Towards Ballsbridge, City Centre and Harristown
7 Towards City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
18 Towards Ranelagh Luas, Kimmage, Kylemore Luas and Palmerston
27X Towards City Centre, Fairview and Clare Hall - limited number of departures per day
45 Towards City Centre (Merrion Square)
47 Towards City Centre (Pearse Street)
120 Towards City Centre and Ashtown Rail Station - limited number of departures per day

From Lansdowne Road:
4 Towards Ballsbridge, City Centre and Harristown
7 Towards City Centre (Mountjoy Square)
8 Towards City Centre (Mountjoy Square) - limited number of departures per day
18 Towards Ranelagh Luas, Kimmage, Kylemore Luas and Palmerston
27X Towards City Centre, Fairview and Clare Hall - limited number of departures per day
45 Towards City Centre (Merrion Square)
47 Towards City Centre (Pearse Street)
120 Towards City Centre and Ashtown Rail Station - limited number of departures per day

Update - Friday 28 October 0630
 

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

its looking like these works and resulting disruption could take up to a forthnight.

suppose it could be worse, imagine the disruption the scale of malahide viaduct collapse if nothing was to be done

Reality is this is more disruptive than Malahide as there are a lot more passengers and trains involved plus there is no magic bullet solution. Malahide had the Port Tunnel which got the majority to work in a time little different than normal, no such luck on the southside

There may be more trains over the Dodder bridge than over Malahide viaduct but peak traffic wouldn't be massively different as the northern commuter trains are still overloaded to a degree not typically seen on DART. Also daily revenue loss would be much less as the vast bulk of passengers crossing the Dodder are making short journeys commanding very modest fares.

In addition the duration of the disruption will be comparatively modest compared to Malahide.

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

Monday 31 October - 11.00
 

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

Some details for buses including links to timetables and real-time info for the stops nearest stations http://www.railusers.ie/passenger_in...thside_bus.php

Any word on replacement buses? Spoke to a few people at work on Sat, who all said they stood waiting for buses at RDS between 6-7pm. All gave up waiting and walked to town. I was amongst them, but I gave up after 30mins. Hope IE have learnt their lessons from Friday, and put a proper plan in place for the next 2 weeks...:(

it's going to be some week, these buses can often be packed even with the DARTs running with people left behind.

don't forget the 47, it's often an underused route that serves ballsbridge, lansdowne goes as far as st vincents hospital, then heads towards ucd.

Another option for those heading towards blackrock, booterstown would be to get the 45 at merrion square just around the corner from pearse station. this is the first stop.

another option for those heading towards ballsbridge/lansdowne/rds area would be to get the 37/38/39/39a/70 to baggott street/Waterloo road. it's a five minute walk up to the o'briens sandwich bar kiosk. I've often done it myself.

hopefully it won't be too bad considering it's mid term week!

If that is based on my list, it doesn't include services that only serve south of DL, seeing as they still have DART.

Don't forget the 120 from Ashtown to Balsbridge at rush hour

DIT are off as well thankfully

You thought it couldn't get any worse.......

Signal fault at Blackrock some trains terminating at dun laoghaire