Grand Canal Dock - Sydney Parade reopens 8/11/2011

[Mark Gleeson]

It appears that the damage to the bridge at Lansdowne Rd is worse than first thought

No service Pearse - Dun Laoghaire until further notice.

We are expecting some improvement on that (i.e Grand Canal Dock - Booterstown closed) but we have to wait and see on details.

[karlr42]

Originally Posted by http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

Southside DART & Rosslare disruption: No trains operating Pearse to Dun Laoghaire by Corporate Communications

21.30hrs, Thursday 27th October

Iarnród Éireann advises customers that there is serious disruption to southside DART services and Rosslare / Gorey rail services.

The line is closed between Pearse and Dun Laoghaire due to flood damage to a bridge south of Lansdowne Road Station.

Services affected are:

DART: DART services will operate Howth/Malahide to Pearse, and Dun Laoghaire to Bray/Greystones. There will be no DART service between Pearse and Dun Laoghaire. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for customers affected.

Rosslare/Gorey: Rosslare and Gorey services will operate Rosslare/Gorey to Bray, with bus transfers between Bray and Dublin Connolly.

Other commuter: Other commuter services which operate from Drogheda or Maynooth to Dun Laoghaire and Bray will now only operate from Drogheda/Maynooth to Pearse. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for customers travelling south of Pearse.



The length of time this disruption will continue for is currently being assessed. However, it will be for a number of days at least.

More detailed service information will be provided as soon as possible.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.

Some safety concerns should be expressed here- that bridge has had thousands of people over it since the flood water subsided.

Shockingly abrupt notice too- was the problem only discovered now?

Also, no notice of how this will affect the weekend services, seeing as they were already curtailed to Clontaf Rd northbound. A shuttle Pearse-Clontarf Rd and back I guess.

[Mark Gleeson]

Closure is now Sydney Parade - Grand Canal Dock as we more or less guessed a while ago

Expect a train every 20-30 minutes Bray - Sydney Parade, 50% of trains will be on the wrong platforms in both directions from Sydney Parade as far as Salthill as this is the only way to get this to work out

Full or close to full DART service on northside to Grand Canal Dock station.

All Maynooth/Northern line trains which terminate south of Pearse will terminate at Pearse

Rosslare line bus transfers to/from Bray

Dublin Bus will accept all rail tickets and rail smartcards on southside

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

Southside DART & Rosslare disruption: No trains operating Grand Canal Dock to Sydney Parade by Corporate Communications


Friday 28th October

Iarnród Éireann advises customers that there is serious disruption to southside DART services and Rosslare / Gorey rail services.

The line is closed between Grand Canal Dock and Sydney Parade due to flood damage in the vicinity of a bridge pier at the Dodder Bridge, to the south end of Lansdowne Road Station.

Services affected are:

DART: DART services will operate Howth/Malahide to Grand Canal Dock, and from Sydney Parade to Bray/Greystones (note Southside service will be reduced in frequency, approx every 30 minutes - full information will be updated as soon as possible). There will be no DART service between Grand Canal Dock and Sydney Parade. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for customers affected.

Rosslare/Gorey: Rosslare and Gorey services will operate Rosslare/Gorey to Bray, with bus transfers between Bray and Dublin Connolly.

Other commuter: Other commuter services which operate from Drogheda or Maynooth to Dun Laoghaire and Bray will now only operate from Drogheda/Maynooth to Pearse. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets for customers travelling south of Pearse.

The length of time this disruption will continue for is currently being assessed. However, it will be for a number of days at least.

More detailed service information will be provided as soon as possible.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.


Bridge and damage

The line has been closed due to damage to the ground in the vicinity of a pier on the Dodder Bridge at the south end of Lansdowne Road Station.

This area was flooded on Monday of this week, during the torrential rainfall in the Dublin area.

At least two large trees which fell were swept downstream by the River Dodder and were lodged under the bridge, causing debris to build up at and under the bridge.

The bridge is a single span structure, and as part of new safety protocols adopted following the investigations into the Malahide Viaduct accident in 2009, a detailed inspection is automatically carried out of structures affected by a major flood event as soon as possible.

This inspection carried out by divers, has shown this evening damage to the ground in the vicinity of a support pier of the bridge, as a result of this week's flood. No such damage was present at its previous underwater inspection in October 2010.

When this was reported this evening, Iarnród Éireann closed the structure as a precautionary measure, to allow repair works to be carried out.

A remedial works programme to repair the flood damage is now being devised, and this will confirm timescales for this disruption.

[Inniskeen]

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.

[Mark Gleeson]

Bray
=> 145/84

Shankill-Glasthule
=> 7/59 (change at DL)

Dun Laoghaire
=> 46a/7

Salthill - City
=> 4/7/8

Crazy alternatives => 63 bus from Dun Laoghaire via Deansgrange to Ballyoggan Wood Luas stop.

[Colm Moore]

5-15 minute delays on DART Sandymount-Connolly/Drumcondra.

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=1226

DART/Rosslare UPDATE: Grand Canal Dock to Sydney Parade reopens by Corporate Communications


UPDATE Tuesday 8th November, 08.30hrs

The Grand Canal Dock-Sydney Parade line has reopened today. Full services are operating across DART, Rosslare / Gorey, and other Commuter services.

For full schedule information, please check our journey planner. http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/timetables.asp

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused during the repair works to the river bed at the Dodder Bridge (Lansdowne Road Station) and wishes to thank customers for their patience during this disruption to services.

[Rashers]

There were 10-15 minute delays to southbound suburban trains and DARTs around 8am, but no anouncements. Assume it was linked to Dodder bridge.
And there were 20 munite delays to northbound DARTs at 9pm. This also delayed Northern suburban trains. Nothing on the LED displays and CTC as usual telling passengers nothing, so not sure why the delays.Checked with staff and they had no ideas

[Mark Gleeson]

Mainly down to leaves and rain today. There is a minor delay at Lansdowne due a speed restriction but the trains were all delayed before reaching there