Malahide Rail Bridge Collapse info
Daragh | August 23, 2009If you’re one of the 20,000 commuters who take the train to work in the city every day, from any station north of Malahide, you no doubt know by now that there was a collapse of the rail bridge over the Malahide estuary on Friday evening, resulting in the suspension of all rail services from stations north of Malahide into the city.
This disruption is likely to last for three months (though I’m willing to take bets on the fact that it may be a lot longer!) and will cause considerable headache to both rail commuters, as well as people using their cars and buses due to added traffic on the roads.
I’m not going to post information on the alternatives available here, as that is likely to change quite a bit over the coming days and weeks, best advice would seem to be to keep an eye on the Irish Rail website – www.irishrail.ie
WELL DONE,KEITH FARRELLY,THE HERO ,TRAIN DRIVER WHO DESERVES A MEDEL ,OR SOME AMAZING RECOGNITION,FOR HIS CALM, ACTIONS .LETS HONOUR HIM, FOR HIS BRAVERY.THIS ORDINARY WORKER,WHO, IN THE FACE OF NEAR DEATH ,USED CLEAR THINKING,TO AVERT DISASTER ON DUBLINS NORTHSIDE,AT MALAHIDE VIADUCT.THANK YOU KEITH.
I have not seen any comments about what would have happened had the train crashed over the estuary.The potential disaster would be of a scale where the National Emergency plan would have to be invoked.Fingal County Council are the lead organization according to the plan.Does anybody know how emergency services could access the disaster site when each side is covered in tidal water ?
None of the emergency agencies have amphibious vehicle.
I suspect we would have to rely on the Coastguard and the RNLI to help out as road access is non existant.
Does anyone know what resources would be suitable and available for a rail disaster over a bridge in this country?
That is something to think about new time when you are travelling on Irish Rail !!