Fatal incident causes ‘significant’ delay to Heuston rail services

Duration of disruption to Irish Rail Intercity services remains unclear

Irish Rail has said there will be “significant” delays to services to and from Heuston station on Friday evening

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 22:53

Rail services are back to normal, following earlier delays as a result of a fatal incident on the line between Portarlington and Portlaoise. Emergency services were at the scene.

Some passengers began disembarking trains at Heuston Station in Dublin when there were no further updates on delays to a number of services. Irish Rail detailed the situation on Twitter.

Update: major delays btwn Dublin & Cork/Kerry/Limerick due to fatal incident on line btwn Portarlington & Portlaoise (1/3)
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) January 23, 2015

With exception of minor delays, Galway, Westport & Waterford services shouldn't be disrupted by incident between Portalington & Portlaoise
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) January 23, 2015

Significant delays expected to Intercity services to/from Heuston, emergency services attending incident between Portarlington & Portlaoise
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) January 23, 2015