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Repairs to roof of Dublin's Pearse station to cause disruption to Irish Rail users this weekend

Engineering works at Pearse are also planned for 21-22 March and 25-26 April.

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IRISH RAIL USERS will face some disruption this week as works are carried out on the Pearse Station roof.

As a result of the work, Tara Street and Pearse stations will be closed today and tomorrow. No Dart services will operate between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock. 

Dart services will operation on the northside between Howth or Malahide to Connolly only. 

On the southside, Dart services will operate between Greystones or Bray to Grand Canal Dock. 

Bus transfers will operate between Connolly and Bray only and will connect with the train at Bray station. 

Services to Rosslare Europort will operate to and from the Bray. 

Engineering works at Pearse are also planned for 21-22 March and 25-26 April. 

In October 2018, Irish Rail announced details of a €17 million project to replace the roof at Pearse Station, the busiest in Dublin’s commuter network.

The structure, which dates from the 1880s, is in poor condition and corrosion has led the transport company to install a protective mesh underneath it to protect passengers and trains.

Its replacement has therefore been identified by Irish Rail as a “crucial safety project”.

Works to replace the roof, which will aim to retain the appearance and character of the original structure, is taking place across 13 weekends over a period of 23 months.

The works, which started last October, will take place up to July 2020.

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    Feb 29th 2020, 7:33 AM

    Repair a roof in orange warning wind? Ah lads.

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    Feb 29th 2020, 10:16 AM

    @Master O: Eh, this work wouldn’t have just been decided on Friday afternoon. It would have been planned. And how do you know it isn’t internal work like lighting etc ? I’m sure the contractor won’t be sending lads skating across the roof during an orange warning.

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    Feb 29th 2020, 11:12 AM

    @Fr. Fintan Stack: When did Fintan Stack get so boring?

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    Feb 29th 2020, 11:24 AM

    @OnlyHereForTheComments: If you ever say that to me again I’ll put your head through the wall.

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    Feb 29th 2020, 8:29 AM

    Cannot believe this work is still on going. Of course it’s also been carried out during a weather warning. Lol

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    Feb 29th 2020, 8:12 AM

    Can’t see much been done this weekend.

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    Feb 29th 2020, 7:32 AM

    Up the flats

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    Feb 29th 2020, 12:12 PM

    Lucky the rugby was called off. Of course anybody going there from the North side could have just got off at Connolly, taken the transfer bus to Bray and the DART all the way back to Lansdowne Road.

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    Feb 29th 2020, 2:47 PM

    @Derek Walsh: wrong weekend

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    Feb 29th 2020, 4:04 PM

    Sure is it’s not Signal faults it’s roof repairs lol ancient system.

    I hope whoever is up in that roof isn’t wearing a wig

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