Heading to or from Heuston Station? There are delays of up to 2 hours

Due an electricity fault customers are told to expect delays.

Heuston Disruption Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

DUE TO AN electricity power fault trains heading into and out of Heuston Station in Dublin are delayed by up to two hours.

Update: Bus transfers operating from Heuston to & from Athy due to ongoing delays in and out of Heuston caused by electricity power fault.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) August 28, 2015

Iarnród Éireann / Twitter

The fault affected signalling near Kildare, however, Iarnród Éireann has since said the issue has been resolved.

While services are back up and running, passengers can expect delays:

Update: Power failure near Kildare has been resolved and services are back moving again with delays of up to 120mins into Heuston.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) August 28, 2015

Iarnród Éireann / Twitter

Customers impacted by this morning’s delays can claim compensation.

Update: Customers affected by delays to & from Heuston today can claim compensation, for more info go to http://t.co/CYoWcPWFl5
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) August 28, 2015

Iarnród Éireann / Twitter

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