Overview
- Irish Rail suspended DART, Northern Commuter and several regional services including the Phoenix Park Tunnel, Rosslare and Sligo routes after a central computer signalling fault affected the suburban network.
- The operator first posted an estimated 20-minute fix on X and later confirmed the fault was traced to a central signalling computer and has now been rectified.
- A company spokesperson and Irish Rail communications head Barry Kenny said trains are moving again but the disruption lasted roughly 35 to 40 minutes for many services and recovery work is under way.
- Passengers should expect significant delays and timetable alterations as Irish Rail runs some services express through sections and reworks schedules to restore normal running.
- The outage hit travel on a busy bank-holiday morning, increasing disruption for commuters and event travelers and raising pressure on Irish Rail to speed recovery and explain the technical cause.