Irish Rail’s Christmas timetables: what train services are running over Christmas and new year?
Full details of train timetable changes over the holiday break
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Irish Rail delays, cancellations, timetable chaos, signal failures ... what’s going on?
Transport network’s own punctuality figures show a dramatic decline over the last six months. The problems go back to a lack of investment in rail infrastructure over the last few decades
Almost 40 gardaí board Dublin buses in safety blitz targeting antisocial behaviour
Visible Garda presence initiative used to deter antisocial incidents, which Dublin Bus says have doubled in five years
Bus journey times cut by up to one third on Dublin’s Liffey quays, NTA says
Private traffic restrictions introduced last August improve bus reliability but transport body remains concerned about Dart times
Navan-Dublin train: Proposed line likely to cost up to €3bn, transport authority estimates
Rail link scheduled to be completed between 2031 and 2036
Only 319 of 1,500 employment permits for coach drivers are issued
Department says four permits refused and seven withdrawn, while more than 1,100 remain
Moment ‘where history meets opportunity’ has come, says McDonald as party manifesto launched
Election 2024: Social Democrats pledges €1 offpeak public transport fares and 50,000 affordable purchase homes if in government
Clare LGBT group on the far right: ‘If they pick on one minority, they will pick on another. We would be in the firing line’
Among Quare Clare’s chief concerns are rising intolerance, public transport in rural areas and the failure to enact hate-speech legislation
New BusConnects routes pushed back until January due to risk of Christmas confusion
National Transport Authority says changes would be an ‘unwelcome complication’ in run-up to festive period
Homes should be built above Donnybrook and Ringsend bus garages, Eamon Ryan says
Eamon Ryan says Ballsbridge is ‘horrific’ for pedestrians and cyclists at final transport committee meeting
The Irish Times view on managing city streets: bus corridors must have priority
Lengthy delays in transport approvals are common, though the BusConnects project is starting to take shape
No mandate for new charges for motorists ‘at this stage’ of current Government, says Harris
Remarks come after Green Party sought to bring latest traffic strategy to Cabinet for approval before general election
Could ride-sharing robo-pods be the future of cities?
We should be building fleets of these lightweight, low-cost electric vehicles
BusConnects corridor linking Tallaght and Clondalkin to Dublin city centre finally approved
Corridor to run from Square Shopping Centre in Tallaght and Nangor Road, Clondalkin, to Nicholas Street in city centre
Irish Rail announces line closures and timetable changes for this weekend
Irish Rail has announced that engineering works and related line closures will disrupt many rail services from Saturday through Monday
‘Every driver has a story’: Bus, rail workers face drug dealing and threats of violence at work
Siptu calls for establishment of uniformed transport police with powers of arrest and detention to be general election issue
Passenger killed and 15 people injured after two trains crash in Wales
‘Low-speed collision’ took place on Monday night near village of Llanbrynmair, close to a passing loop on single-track line
Irish Rail apologises after wheelchair user was accused of ‘holding up train’
Conor McCauley says he is ‘sick of being treated as second-class citizen’ on public transport
Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cuts
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
Budget 2025 main points: Energy credits, bonus welfare payments, higher minimum wage and tax changes
USC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9s
Budget 2025: Paschal Donohoe’s speech to the Dáil in full
Minister for Public Expenditure spoke immediately after the Minister for Finance
Budget 2025: What we know so far – from tax cuts to pension increases and free schoolbooks
This year’s measures will be framed around tax and spending package of €8.3bn, with cost-of-living bundle worth roughly €1.5bn
Have Your Say: What do you think of Irish Rail’s new timetable?
If you are a commuter who uses train services which have been affected by timetable changes we would like to hear from you
Belfast-Dublin train service: commuter delays prompt call by Minister of State to scrap new early-morning service
Timetable changes increasing journey times for commuters in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Donabate, says Minister
We need to complain more. After a ghost bus, I had to pay €81 for a taxi from Waterford to Kilkenny
Complaining does not have to be an act of entitled grievance especially when it comes to public transport: it is a gesture of solidarity with others who might need this service even more than you do
‘Left high and dry without a good option’: Commuters on delays and overcrowding after Irish Rail timetable changes
TD calls for rail operator to appear before Oireachtas transport committee amid ongoing issues with new schedule
Public transport transformation just as critical as million EV target
Every aspect of Ireland’s public transport will come in for significant, often multi-billion-euro investment in the coming decades
Dublin rail timetable changes to take place from Monday
Changes to Irish Rail service arose from ‘overly ambitious’ journey times in previously announced timetable
Irish Rail to amend new timetable following complaints
Changes to be introduced from Monday ‘to assist in improving punctuality for customers’
North Strand to Dublin city centre road reopens for cars after two years
Inbound private traffic ban to allow for construction of new Clontarf-to-city centre cycle route is lifted
Conversion of urban buses to zero-emission vehicles will cost more than €1.3bn, NTA forecasts
Transport authority plans to phase out diesel and hybrid vehicles operating in urban areas by 2035
Irish Rail paid out almost €31,000 in refunds due to trains delayed by at least an hour
Operator says 99.9% of services ran without major delays as some 1,800 passengers see money returned in 18-month period
‘Vast majority’ of future transport funding will have to be spent on public transport - Ryan
Comments come as review recommends more frequent trains and new services in the northwest
Plan for Dart extension to Maynooth gets green light
An Bord Pleanála grants permission for €1 billion Dart+ West spur 14 months after original deadline
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