IRISH RAIL HAS advised commuters to expect significant delays on the DART line this afternoon after a lorry drove through a barrier at a crossing on the line.

Irish Rail released CCTV footage from the Serpentine level crossing at Sandymount in south Dublin which shows a white lorry stopped in traffic in the yellow box in the centre of the crossing. 

As the barriers start to come down, signalling the arrival of a train, the lorry drives out of the box on the wrong side of the road, but hits a barrier on the way.

The barrier is damaged as the lorry drives off. 

Irish Rail said that there will be delays on the line as a result of the incident. 

A spokesperson told TheJournal.ie that the barrier will need to be fixed, but for the moment it was being manually operated. As a result, there will be knock-on delays to the service. 

Irish Rail also said that the driver may be pursued for the cost of the damage to the crossing.