has been heavily criticised by passengers in recent months over the management of timetables but Thursday night saw the rail company faced with a different sort of problem.and commuter trains were suspended due to a “major signalling fault” covering the full line from Greystones to Howth/Malahide, and onwards on the northern commuter line to Dundalk.
“A fault of this nature has not occurred before and we believe it to be an isolated issue,” a spokesman for Irish Rail said. “The newer system will facilitate the full network and allow for future network expansion, and is also more modern and automated for train management, to improve overall service performance,” the spokesman added.
Separate to the signalling fault experienced on Thursday, Irish Rail has been dealing with the fallout from timetable changes on northern lines travelling to the city as well as on the Maynooth commuter and other routes over recent months. on August 25th. Following widespread public complaints, it made changes to Maynooth, Drogheda and some other routes into Connolly a few weeks later, on September 11th.