[24/10/2011] DART. Commuter, Luas - severe disruption

[karlr42]

2 out of service DARTs just rolled north out of Pearse. If they're going to Fairview maybe IE has given up for the night.

EDIT:confirmed

DART services suspended for rest of the evening: focusing on trying to ensure services run in the morning. Dublin Bus accepting rail tickets

[ThomasJ]

latest

Major disruption Dublin area, due to flooding by Corporate Communications

20.30, Monday 24th October

There is severe disruption to rail services in the Dublin area due to flooding.

The following service arrangements apply:

- DART: all DART services are now suspended

- Northern Commuter: services operating Malahide to Drogheda only

- Maynooth Commuter: services suspended, flooding at Broombridge

- Belfast Enterprise: services suspended

Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for affected customers.

[Inniskeen]

IR reported DART, Enterprise and northern suburban services suspended as of 2030 due to flooding in Clontarf ? The place must be wiped out given that the railway is about 20 ft above the general ground level.

Is this the real story or is Irish Rail hiding something else in the general chaos ? They advised NIR earlier that there were signalling problems at Connolly and that this was delaying the departure of the 1900 to Belfast.

Incidentally where would I get the Dublin Bus service for Belfast ?

[Rashers]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

IR reported DART, Enterprise and northern suburban services suspended as of 2030 due to flooding in Clontarf ? The place must be wiped out given that the railway is about 20 ft above the general ground level.

Is this the real story or is Irish Rail hiding something else in the general chaos ? They advised NIR earlier that there were signalling problems at Connolly and that this was delaying the departure of the 1900 to Belfast.

I found that strange too....Unless they meant close to Killester??? Went through that area around 7pm with no issues, bar stuck behind a late running DART....

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

IR reported DART, Enterprise and northern suburban services suspended as of 2030 due to flooding in Clontarf ? The place must be wiped out given that the railway is about 20 ft above the general ground level.

I presume they mean at the golf course, where there is a stream.

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Major disruption Dublin area, due to flooding by Corporate Communications

21.30, Monday 24th October

There is severe disruption to rail services in the Dublin area due to flooding.

The following service arrangements apply:

- DART: all DART services are now suspended
- Northern Commuter: services operating Malahide to Drogheda only
- Maynooth Commuter: services suspended, flooding at Broombridge

Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for affected customers.

Services are not expected to resume this evening.

This website and our twitter account will be updated with the latest service information, including for tomorrow morning.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

[Colm Moore]

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Passengers: This site is being updated every 15 minutes

The Luas Green Line is operating Brides Glen to Beechwood Stop. No service between Beechwood and St Stephen's Green - due to flood waters.

The Red Line is not operating between Saggart stop and Belgard stop.

The Tallaght Red Line is operating Tallaght to Blackhorse stop only. There is no service Blackhorse to Connolly / The Point

This is due to a high level of flood water on parts of the Blackhorse to The Point line and on the Saggart Belgard section.

Passengers who are reading this at Luas stops are aware the stop announcements are not working at every stop - this is weather related too. Maintenance teams are working on this also.

Luas Tickets are valid on Dublin Bus

We sincerely apologise for this service disruption.

Kind regards,
Luas Customer Care

Freephone Customer Care: 1800 300 604
Web: www.luas.ie
Email: info@luas.ie
Follow us on Twitter: @Luas

[Rashers]

How come the Realtime search on the IE website still shows some services running via Connolly? Albeit very limited...

[zag]

Seapoint under *a lot* of water. A mains drain burst through the road on Seapoint Avenue and it's flooding down onto the tracks through some unfortunate persons garden. It's got nowhere to go other than to fill in the cutting, which is lucky for everyone else in the area.

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