Late-night DART and commuter services begin this weekend

The Irish Rail have announced late-night DART and commuter train timetables for the holiday season. Starting this weekend, extra services will operate on Friday and Saturday nights through December, except for Christmas Eve.

Late night trains will serve the Howth and Greystones DART routes, the Maynooth commuter line, Dundalk and the Parkwest/Kildare route. New Years Eve will also see late-night services in Dublin.

The timetables are as follows, for Friday and Saturday nights from December 2nd to December 23rd:
- 00:30 & 01:30 from Pearse serving all stations to Howth
- 00:30 & 01:30 from Connolly serving all stations to Greystones
- 00:40 & 01:40 from Pearse serving Tara St, Connolly, and all stations from Howth Junction to Dundalk
- 00:20 & 02:00 from Pearse serving all stations to Maynooth
- 23:50 & 01:50 from Pearse serving all stations to Drumcondra, and all stations from ParkWest to Kildare

The timetables are as follows for New Years Eve:
- 01:30 & 02:30 from Pearse serving all stations to Howth
- 01:30 & 02:30 from Connolly serving all stations to Greystones
- 01:40 & 02:40 from Pearse serving Tara St, Connolly, and all stations from Howth Junction to Dundalk
- 01:20 & 03:00 from Pearse serving all stations to Maynooth
- 00.50 & 02:50 from Pearse serving all stations to Drumcondra, and all stations from ParkWest to Kildare

Dublin is becoming an increasingly late-night accessible city. Transport For Ireland (TFI) has launched a campaign to grow night-time services in Dublin and surrounding areas. 8 Dublin Bus routes now operate 24/seven, with reduced fares on the 13 Nitelink services on Friday and Saturday nights.

Even more late-night services with two new 24 hour bus routes are coming soon.

"As a member of the government's night-time Economy Task Force, I am delighted that the TFI network is growing to support Dublin's late night economy," said CEO of National Transport Authority Anne Graham.

Acting Dublin Bus CEO Andrea Keane added, "The night time economy in Dublin is growing post-pandemic and the TFI Network is expanding to reflect that. Night-time commuters can now hop on Dublin Bus services to get home affordably. Customers can also lower their carbon footprint."