Those travelling to Tuesday night’s LCD Soundsystem gig in Malahide have been stuck in train carriages for over an hour, at time of writing.
Irish Rail have announced that “very significant” delays are to be expected between Howth Juncton and Killester on Tuesday night, due to a tragic incident occurring at Harmonstown.
Trains along this route have been suspended.
Those travelling to Tuesday night’s Malahide Castle gig, of which LCD Soundsystem were the main act, have been affected. According to reports, concert-goers have been stuck on a stopped train along the route for over an hour.
Trains suspended between Howth Junction & Killester, due to tragic incident at Harmonstown, emergency services attending.
Dublin Bus accepting tickets for northside DART services & Nthn Commuter. Bus transfers being arranged for Belfast Enterprise between Connolly and Drogheda
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) June 5, 2018
According to Irish Rail’s replies to confused passengers, the scene of the tragic accident is “extremely distressing.”
They have also apologised for “unavoidable” lengthy delays.
the scene in the vicinity of the train is extremely distressing – we cannot remove people from the train as a result, or move it on as emergency services attending and investigating. V sorry
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) June 5, 2018
We cannot move at present or detrain people as scene of tragic incident is v distressing and is being attended by emergency services – lengthy delay is unavoidable, apologies
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) June 5, 2018
According to Irish Rail, Dublin Bus is accepting rail tickets for northside routes. A bus transfer is also being made available for the Enterprise service between Connolly and Drogheda.
Emergency services and Gardaí are at the scene and Irish Rail has said that it cannot yet estimate when services will resume.
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