[Mark Gleeson]

Originally Posted by Irish Independent

Brakes failure causes rail route chaos
RAIL services from Maynooth to Dublin were disrupted for up to 90 minutes yesterday, after a train broke down on one of the country's busiest commuter lines.

The break-down meant that other trains to and from Maynooth throughout the morning were up to an hour later than scheduled.
Passengers travelling on the 7.57am train from Maynooth to Dublin were left sitting for an hour and a half at Broombridge station in Dublin after the train ran into technical difficulties at around 8.30am.

Iarnrod Eireann identified a problem with the train's brakes and sent out a relief train. Services resumed at around 9.30am but later trains were disrupted for up to an hour

A spokeswoman for Iarnrod Eireann said that the brake failure was in one of the company's new fleet of trains.

"It was unusual for it to happen in one of the new trains but the most people were delayed for was up to an hour," she said.
Four other trains were delayed yesterday morning as a result of the break down but by lunch time services were back to normal
Louise Healy

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