[Colm Moore]

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DART/Rosslare disruption: Southside flood repair work, line closed Grand Canal Dock to Sydney Parade by Corporate Communications


Tuesday 1st November, 17.00hrs

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 (up to Friday 11th November current estimate).

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, on all southside routes to/from areas on the DART line south of Grand Canal Dock.

List of relevant bus routes:

Grand Canal Dock: Route 4, Route 7, Route 8, Route 45, Route 47(all operate via Lower Mount Street)
Lansdowne Road: Route 4, Route 7, Route 8, Route 45, Route 47 (all operate via Northumberland Road)
Sandymount: Route 2, Route 3, Route 18
Sydney Parade: Route 2, Route 3. Routes 4, 7, 8, 45 and 47 operate via Merrion Road.
Booterstown: Route 4, Route 7, Route 8, Route 45. Routes 7b, 7d, 46a, 47 and 145 operate via Stillorgan Road.
Blackrock: Route 4, Route 7, Route 8, Route 45, Route 46e Seapoint: Route 7, Route 8, Route 45 (all operate via Newtown Avenue)
Salthill & Monkstown: Route 7, Route 8. Route 4 operates to Monkstown Avenue.
Dun Laoghaire: Route 7, Route 46a
Sandycove & Glasthule: Route 7d. Route 7 operates via Lower Glenageary Road
Glenageary:[/u] Route 7, Route 7d, Route 8
Dalkey: Route 7d, Route 8
Killiney: Route 7 operates via Churchview Road and Wyattville Road. Route 7b operates via Shanganagh Road
Shankill: Route 7b. Route 145 operates via Bray Road
Bray: Route 45, Route 145
Greystones: Route 84x. Routes 45 to Bray. Route 145 via Bray.

Further information on bus routes and timetable is available on the Dublin Bus website.

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.

For full schedule information, please check our journey planner. http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/timetables.asp


Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.