Irish rail has issued passengers with a St Patrick's weekend update as there will be some changes made to the regular schedule - along with a number of extra services running.
There will be extra 'late night' DART and commuter trains operating after midnight on Friday to accommodate revellers travelling home from Dublin city after St Patrick's Day celebrations.
However, the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin could see huge crowds travelling into the city and Tara Street Station will close until 4pm to facilitate Garda crowd management. People travelling on the DART into town before 4pm on Friday must either get off at Connolly or Pearse Stations.
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Saturday will also see changes on the rail network with the Ireland v England Six Nations match taking place at the Aviva Stadium.
There will be extra DARTs and trains running to facilitate the huge numbers heading to the match, but Grand Canal Dock station will close for three hours on Saturday from 6.20pm to 8.05pm.
Here are a full list of Irish Rail changes for the bank holiday weekend:
Bank Holiday - Friday March 17, St Patrick’s Day
DART and Commuter: A Sunday service will operate, with extra DART and Commuter services (from Howth, Malahide, Bray, Greystones, Maynooth, Longford and Dundalk) operating before and after the St Patrick’s Day parade. Customers are advised to allow sufficient time to travel to the Parade, which begins at 12:00hrs, with high demand expected. Customers are advised that Tara Street Station will be closed until 16:00hrs, to facilitate Garda crowd management arrangements for the Parade. Please use Connolly or Pearse Stations during this time.
Late night trains: The following trains will operate after midnight on DART and Commuter routes, serving all stations unless otherwise stated:
- 00:20hrs Pearse to Maynooth
- 00:30hrs Pearse to Howth
- 00:30hrs Connolly to Greystones
- 00:40hrs Pearse to Dundalk (serving Tara St, Connolly, Howth Junction and then all stations to Dundalk)
- 00:50hrs Pearse to Kildare (serving Tara St, Connolly, Drumcondra, and all stations ParkWest to Kildare)
Intercity routes, Cork Commuter: A revised timetable is in operation. Please check www.irishrail.ie or the Iarnród Éireann app for times.
Saturday, March 18
A Saturday service will operate on all routes, with the following extra services for the Ireland v England Six Nations match at the Aviva Stadium.
Extra DARTs operating before and after the match. Please note Grand Canal Dock Station will be closed at full time (18:20hrs to 20:05hrs) to facilitate Garda crowd management arrangements for the match.
Extra 21:35hrs Dublin Heuston to Cork (with connection to Limerick) service will operate. This train must be booked in advance, at www.irishrail.ie or the Iarnród Éireann app.
Sunday, March 19
A normal Sunday service will operate.
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