Will be a challenging operating environment tomorrow. Southside arrangements will be complicated by the continuing absence of crossovers at Merrion which means that every 2nd train will have to operate on the "wrong line" northbound from Dun Laoghaire or southbound from Sydney Parade. In other words a northbound train from Dun Laoghaire will have to return from Sydney Parade on the same line as it travels to Sydney Parade. It should be possible to maintain a half-hourly Greystones to Sydney Parade service adhering to the published schedules. All other services north of Bray will preumeably be cancelled.
Running the normal northern and Maynooth services to Pearse/Grand Canal Dock will be somewhat of a challenge, although operating the DART to Grand Canal Dock and the outer suburban services to Pearse should mitigate the congestion somewhat. A spare DART driver at Grand Canal Dock to speed up reversing movements would be of considerable assistance as it will be necessary for trains to run south of Grand Canal Dock in order to obtain normal running signals for return northbound departure. Any other method of operation is likely to cause near terminal congestion and collapse the peak period service.
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