UPDATE: Engineering works set to affect busy Tipperary rail line this Saturday

Rail passengers in Tipperary are being advised of significant service changes this Saturday, 8 November, due to essential Irish Rail engineering works taking place between Killonan Junction and Roscrea.

Tipperary County Councillor Louise Morgan Walsh has shared details of the temporary alterations, which will see a number of bus transfers replacing train services throughout the day on the Limerick–Ballybrophy line.

According to Irish Rail, the following substitutions will apply:

07:00 Limerick to Ballybrophy – will be replaced by bus transfers departing at 6:45am from Limerick to Castleconnell, Birdhill, Nenagh, and Ballybrophy. A second bus will leave Nenagh at 7:40am serving Cloughjordan, Roscrea, and Ballybrophy.

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17:10 Limerick to Ballybrophy – replaced by buses departing Limerick at 4:50pm and Nenagh at 5:46pm, serving the same stations.

09:00 Ballybrophy to Limerick – replaced by two bus transfers, one covering Ballybrophy, Nenagh, Birdhill, Castleconnell, and Limerick, and another covering Ballybrophy, Roscrea, Cloughjordan, and Nenagh.

19:05 Ballybrophy to Limerick – similarly substituted by bus services along the same routes.

Passengers are advised to allow extra travel time and to check Irish Rail’s website for full details and updates.

More information is available at irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/irishrail-engineering
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