South East on Track

Recent passenger statistics reveal an unprecedented surge in commuter demand along the Rosslare-Dublin rail line since 2019, exposing a disparity between passenger growth and Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority’s continued failure to increase service frequency. As commuters flock to public transport, they are met with overcrowded carriages, stagnant timetables, and chronic underinvestment on a critical route in the South East. Despite ongoing campaigns by local representatives and South East on Track, capacity on the South Eastern rail line remains fundamentally unchanged. The latest figures show explosive growth across all major stations on the line since 2019, the last pre-COVID year, with Gorey experiencing passenger increase of 70% and Rathdrum experiencing passenger increase of over 60% between the sum of origin and destination trips. In these six years only one late night trip from Dublin has been added on the line, a service which doesn't run to Enniscorthy, Wexford Town, or either of the Rosslare stations. Conversely, the latest you can leave Dublin heading south of Gorey is now earlier today than it was in 2019. Wexford Town continues to be the busiest station south of Greystones.

Recent passenger statistics reveal an unprecedented surge in commuter demand along the Rosslare-Dublin rail line since 2019, exposing a disparity between passenger growth and Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority’s continued failure to increase service frequency. As commuters flock to public transport, they are met with overcrowded carriages, stagnant timetables, and chronic underinvestment on a critical route in the South East. Despite ongoing campaigns by local representatives and South East on Track, capacity on the South Eastern rail line remains fundamentally unchanged. The latest figures show explosive growth across all major stations on the line since 2019, the last pre-COVID year, with Gorey experiencing passenger increase of 70% and Rathdrum experiencing passenger increase of over 60% between the sum of origin and destination trips. In these six years only one late night trip from Dublin has been added on the line, a service which doesn't run to Enniscorthy, Wexford Town, or either of the Rosslare stations. Conversely, the latest you can leave Dublin heading south of Gorey is now earlier today than it was in 2019. Wexford Town continues to be the busiest station south of Greystones.

Recent passenger statistics reveal an unprecedented surge in commuter demand along the Rosslare-Dublin rail line since 2019, exposing a disparity between passenger growth and Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority’s continued failure to increase service frequency. As commuters flock to public transport, they are met with overcrowded carriages, stagnant timetables, and chronic underinvestment on a critical route in the South East. Despite ongoing campaigns by local representatives and South East on Track, capacity on the South Eastern rail line remains fundamentally unchanged. The latest figures show explosive growth across all major stations on the line since 2019, the last pre-COVID year, with Gorey experiencing passenger increase of 70% and Rathdrum experiencing passenger increase of over 60% between the sum of origin and destination trips. In these six years only one late night trip from Dublin has been added on the line, a service which doesn't run to Enniscorthy, Wexford Town, or either of the Rosslare stations. Conversely, the latest you can leave Dublin heading south of Gorey is now earlier today than it was in 2019. Wexford Town continues to be the busiest station south of Greystones.

Recent passenger statistics reveal an unprecedented surge in commuter demand along the Rosslare-Dublin rail line since 2019, exposing a disparity between passenger growth and Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority’s continued failure to increase service frequency. As commuters flock to public transport, they are met with overcrowded carriages, stagnant timetables, and chronic underinvestment on a critical route in the South East. Despite ongoing campaigns by local representatives and South East on Track, capacity on the South Eastern rail line remains fundamentally unchanged. The latest figures show explosive growth across all major stations on the line since 2019, the last pre-COVID year, with Gorey experiencing passenger increase of 70% and Rathdrum experiencing passenger increase of over 60% between the sum of origin and destination trips. In these six years only one late night trip from Dublin has been added on the line, a service which doesn't run to Enniscorthy, Wexford Town, or either of the Rosslare stations. Conversely, the latest you can leave Dublin heading south of Gorey is now earlier today than it was in 2019. Wexford Town continues to be the busiest station south of Greystones.

Recent passenger statistics reveal a surge in demand along the Rosslare-Dublin rail line since 2019

The latest figures show explosive growth across all stations with Gorey experiencing an increase of 70%

Wexford is the busiest station south of Greystones www.instagram.com/p/DVqxhWDiLpk/

We’re currently attending a meeting in Arklow, organised by @malcolmbyrne.bsky.social covering public transport issues between Wexford/Wicklow and Dublin.

Increased rail and bus services are crucial in this region.

The population of Wexford's towns has grown hugely in the last 2 decades. Since 2005, Gorey has had a 60% population increase(!), Enniscorthy 30%, Rosslare Harbour 52% - the rail services on offer in Wexford have not kept up with this growth.

Many rail users in the south-east travel to and from train stations using both bike share schemes & their own bikes.

Government should be encouraging people to travel using public transport and active travel as opposed to discouraging them doing so with unscientific, knee-jerk legislation.

Rosslare route • Dublin to Rosslare line is reopening between Greystones and Wicklow following clearance of extensive debris on the line • Bus transfers are in place for earlier services, but full services are resuming.

Dublin to Rosslare line is reopening between Greystones and Wicklow following clearance of extensive debris on the line. Full services expected for today.

DART line closed between Lansdowne Road and Bray - Leap Cards are valid on all TFI services operating on routes in affected areas, subject to capacity. Delays to other DART services. Dublin to Rosslare line closed between Greystones and Kilcoole due to debris on line, and between Enniscorthy and Wexford - We are working to arrange bus transfers, but significant delays may result. 16:28 & 17:28 Connolly Rosslare will amalgamate and serve as a bus transfer from Connolly to Wicklow a train will operate from Wicklow to Rosslare. 18:28 Connolly to Wexford will be a bus transfer from Connolly for the full journey 20:08 Connolly to Gorey will be a bus transfer from Connolly for the full journey

Adjustments to scheduled services Connolly-Rosslare this eve due to flooding along the line.

16:28 & 17:28 will amalgamate and serve as a bus transfer to Wicklow & train from Wicklow to Rosslare.

18:28 Connolly to Wexford & 20:08 Connolly to Gorey will be a bus transfer for the full journey.

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It’s in the rail review but not in the short term strategy - we’re working to have it revised and included. IE still run maintenance trains across the line regularly each year

Map showing new and reopened stations in the South East

Waterford (population 60,079) & Wexford (pop. 21,524) can easily sustain a rail service between them. In Scotland there are 8 daily trains between Fort William (pop. 15,757) and Mallaig (pop. 701). The South East has the existing infrastructure to deliver a top class rail network.

The line between Gorey and Wexford has reopened, this evening's trains will operate as a full service with no bus transfers.

At the absolute bare minimum, this should be the case. They have no presence here, despite having an account.

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The line between Wexford and Gorey is to remain closed until at least tomorrow afternoon due to flooding at Enniscorthy. More details about bus transfers can be found here: www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/s...

Bus transfers in operation to Gorey from Wexford/Rosslare and then train transfer as normal

God this storm is brutal, let me check the only place I can reliably see if my train is delayed...

Rail advocacy groups call on Iarnród Éireann to abandon X amid Grok controversy Four commuter advocacy groups have jointly written to Iarnród Éireann requesting that the company relocate its service updates from X (formerly Twitter) to its own official channels.

Reporting from the indo on this:

@seontrack.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social

m.independent.ie/regionals/du...

The Junior B railway line.

It's good to hear the Minister speak about bringing forward the timeline, but we need concrete plans. The region has waited long enough for this much needed connectivity. #SpéirGorm

Delays across rail services this morning because of #StormChandra. As far as we can see, bus transfers in operation between Wexford and Dublin (however there are major delays on N11 and M50). On days like today, having X as the only platform with substantial info on train delays is not good enough.

There are many like them! It’s time we made important information like this fully accessible.

It's not acceptable that the only way to get live updates on public transport is by having an account on X which is now under investigation for CSAM. TFI and Irish Rail need to start providing accessible and reliable updates on their own platforms instead of relying on X. #SpeirGorm

We've all been at a station waiting for a cancelled train with no way of knowing.

IÉ and the NTA can and must do better

Request to Relocate Real-Time Service Updates from X to Iarnród Éireann Website Request to Relocate Real-Time Service Updates from X to Iarnród Éireann Website We are writing as rail and commuter advocacy groups across Ireland, to request that Iarnród Éireann move its real-time s...

Ourselves, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @galwaycommuters.bsky.social, & Cork Commuter Coalition wrote to Iarnród Éireann & the NTA today, asking them to cease posting real-time service updates exclusively on X. This vital info should be widely available. Read below:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Overcrowded carriages. Standing-room-only.
Commuters say the 29000 commuter trains on the Dublin–Rosslare line are simply too small for demand. InterCity trains are used for short hops around Dublin, while Rosslare services are left with older, unsuitable stock.

Wexford town is the biggest town on the Rosslare line. Access by rail to Wexford Town comes up constantly. The first train from Dublin & Gorey arrives in the afternoon.
In Day 2 of publishing commuter voices - commuters describe services that simply don’t line up with working lives.

NTA cite Wicklow passengers as reason they won’t extend early morning train to rural Wexford At the recent Oireachtas Joint Committee meeting on the Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery, a Wexford Senator brought up the lack of train transport for the large community of commu...

A fairly astonishing line from Hugh Creegan

'... it is so busy at the moment starting in Gorey that if we bring it to start earlier in #Enniscorthy [ #Wexford] and #Rosslare, and we don’t have additional carriages, that people would not be able to get on from #Wicklow' @seontrack.bsky.social

People are standing often from Arklow or Wicklow all the way into the city. The times don't need to change, it's the number of journeys available and carriages need to change. It is ridiculous that there are only 4 trains available per day, and then complaints that everyone is driving up to Dublin for work. This is why.

I get the 6:43 service from Gorey but a lot of the time lots of people have to stand in the carriage because there isn't enough seats, it feels very unsafe.

The first train to Wexford arrives after midday which is complete madness. Passengers are jam packed in the morning in a commuter train which should be an intercity train as it’s an intercity line.

Over the next few days we’ll be publishing real messages from commuters on the Dublin–Rosslare line, released via FOI. These aren’t press releases or talking points.
They’re what people are actually telling Iarnród Éireann about their commute. The South East deserves better.

This would honestly be more useful communication than @irishrail.bsky.social currently have...

Thanks a million!

It badly needs to be looked at. It's an accessibility issue for many. Bsky is great but IÉ should host all info on their own site/app rather than be at the constant behest of social media owners/policies. If someone can post it on X they can post it elsewhere.

@dublincommuters.bsky.social @railusersie.bsky.social @galwaycommuters.bsky.social we'd love to have you on board with this too. DM for details.