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06 Sept 2025

Alert: Irish Rail announces reduced train services on busy commuter routes

UPDATE: Disruption continuing to train services following tragic incident on the line this morning

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Irish Rail has alerted passengers that a number of its services will operate at a reduced capacity over the coming days.

The national train carrier confirmed that the following services will operate with reduced capacity starting from today's 15:30 Heuston-Limerick service. 

On Thursday 29th February the 06:40 Limerick-Heuston; the 14:45 Heuston-Westport and the18:25 Westport-Heuston services will be affected.

On Friday, 1st March the 06:32 Heuston-Newbridge; 09:43 Hazelhatch-Heuston and 15:30 Heuston-Limerick train services will have reduced capacity.

The changes were confirmed on social media. 

When Irish Rail was questioned as to the reason for the reduced capacity, it replied: "This is due to an operational issue, which has changed the formation of the services".

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