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LAST UPDATE | 8 Mar 2019
COMMUTERS TRAVELLING ON Irish Rail should expect delays this evening after a road traffic accident in Kildare caused electricity power lines to fall onto railway tracks.
The power line has now been cleared but Irish Rail is advising commuters to expect delays to train services to and from Heuston station in Dublin as a result, including at crossings points to and from Galway, Westport and Waterford.
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All moving now after about 40 mins delay. In fairness the driver has been great keeping all passengers fully updated every few mins. Good job.
I always want to pretend I’m Peter Hanrahanrahan (Patrick Marbur) from Chris Morris’ ‘The Day Today’ when I get stuck in situations like this and completely misreport the actual situation. Trains now getting back to schedule & Heuston staff did their best during the delay. Heading home on Waterford train now.
Iarnród Éireann’s attempt at electrifying the rail network ?
And still they have the neck to charge people the full amount with this carry on
@liam ward60: yeah shame on them orchestrating a road traffic accident just to delay people and still charging full rate!
@Robbie: you can get a refund if your delay is over a certain amount of time. Ask at the info kiosk in main stations or at your local one…
@liam ward60: you can carry on whatever you like on the train, it’s not Ryanair.
@John Considine:
Nice one!
Aghhhhhhhhhh
Remind me again, who is the Transport minister!!
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