The Halloween bank holiday is finally upon us, but some Irish Rail passengers are being warned that they may face travel disruption due to railway works as well as the Dublin City Marathon forcing some road closures on Sunday.
According to Irish Rail, essential maintenance works are set to take place over the weekend which will affect services between Dublin and Cork, as well as Dublin and Belfast. Due to the works, Irish Rail has said that some trains will not be running over the weekend and replacement bus services will be offered to passengers.
Meanwhile, the long-awaited Dublin Marathon 2022 kicks off on Sunday, and several Dublin roads will be closed to facilitate it. Here's everything you need to know traffic wise in Dublin this weekend.
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Irish Rail works
From Saturday 29 October to Monday 31 October, there will be overhead and track works in Malahide, signalling works between Howth and Howth Junction, and culvert replacement between Drogheda and Dundalk.
These changes will apply:
- DART: There will be no DART services between Howth Junction and Howth/Malahide. Dublin Bus and GoAhead will instead be accepting rail tickets to/from affected areas. DART services will operate between Howth Junction and Greystones.
- Northern Commuter: There will be no Commuter rail services between Dublin and Drogheda/Dundalk. Instead, a limited bus replacement service will operate between Dublin Connolly and Drogheda, serving Donabate and Balbriggan only.
- Enterprise: Due to works by Translink in Northern Ireland, Dublin to Belfast Enterprise rail services will not operate, with bus replacement services operating.
Portarlington to Ballybrophy works
The line between Portarlington and Thurles is closed from 2:30pm on Saturday, 29 October for signalling works. All services between Dublin and Cork, Kerry and Limerick will be part-replaced by bus transfers, and to a revised schedule, with other services also affected:
- Services between Cork and Dublin Heuston will operate to a revised schedule, with bus transfers between Thurles and Kildare in both directions.
- Direct services between Limerick and Dublin Heuston are cancelled. Journeys between Limerick and Dublin Heuston, involving a change at Limerick Junction, will have bus transfers between Thurles and Kildare, also in both directions.
- Direct services between Tralee and Dublin Heuston will operate as follows:
- Saturday: 5:05pm Heuston to Tralee will operate between Mallow and Tralee only - please use Heuston to Cork service to connect at Mallow
- Sunday: 8:30am Heuston to Tralee will operate with bus transfers between Thurles and Kildare
- Commuter services between Portlaoise and Dublin Heuston will involve bus transfers between Portlaoise and Portarlington in both directions.
For more information and advice on Irish Rail works this weekend, check out www.irishrail.ie
Dublin Marathon road closures
The Dublin City Marathon is set to make a glorious return after a three year absence due to the pandemic, and it will take place on Sunday, 30 October. A record number of 25,000 entrants have signed up this year and it's set to be the most exciting event yet.
However, to ensure safety for all participants and spectators, on Sunday several roads in Dublin will be closed. These include:
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