Iarnród Éireann has said more than 20,000 passengers were affected by significant delays to rail travel this morning after services in and out of Heuston Station in Dublin were suspended following a major signal fault at 5.40am.Company spokeperson Jane Cregan said that no further disruption is anticipated.
Ms Cregan said that Iarnród Éireann is working to "get to the bottom of the problem" but it does not believe that there is a fundamental issue with the signalling system. Update: Manual signalling operation remains in place. All services are operating with delays now easing. Update regarding evening peak services will follow as soon as further information is available https://t.co/QsVslvb52m
"These are complex systems that we are going to be replacing in the coming years. The system is the bedrock of the operation of our services".