{"id":427348,"date":"2026-05-01T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427348\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:07:10","slug":"irish-rail-apologises-as-passengers-locked-out-of-station-on-limerick-commuter-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427348\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail apologises as passengers locked out of station on Limerick commuter line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IRISH <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/230\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rail<\/a> has issued an apology to passengers who were left locked out of a railway station and unable to access their train.<\/p>\n<p>Customers taking the first service between Nenagh and Ballybrophy were left unable to access the station platform, with the gates locked.<\/p>\n<p>It sparked delays to the opening services from the railway station, which is located along the Limerick Colbert to Ballybrophy line.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Irish Rail apologised to customers, saying: &#8220;This was an error on the part of our security provider that opens the station each morning. A member of staff was despatched to open the station when the issue was reported.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2074133\/nine-more-gardai-allocated-to-limerick-stations-following-attestation-ceremony.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nine more gardai allocated to Limerick stations following attestation ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They added the 07:37 train between Nenagh and Ballybrophy in Co Laois was delayed by 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It meant customers missed their connection to Dublin Heuston station.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Irish Rail spokesperson added an alternative train was dispatched to ensure passengers could get to the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=10162787075600975&amp;set=gm.1944294702844177&amp;idorvanity=224784361461895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">highlighted on\u00a0Nenagh and Tipperary&#8217;s Community Facebook page<\/a>, with one post reading: &#8220;Between the locked up building, limited train service and issues like this, there really needs to be more thought put into developing better access to public rail infrastructure in Nenagh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, there are just three services from Nenagh towards Limerick Colbert station on weekdays &#8211; at 07:49, 09:50 and 19:55.<\/p>\n<p>This service calls at Birdhill and Castleconnell.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/pictures---videos\/2072956\/throwback-thursday-pictures-from-the-limerick-leader-archives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Throwback Thursday: Pictures from the Limerick Leader archives <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only two trains come back from Colbert to the Tipperary town &#8211; at 06:45 and 17:10.<\/p>\n<p>As for the remainder of the line to Ballybrophy, there are two outbound services from Nenagh, at 07:53 and 18:03 on weekdays.<\/p>\n<p>The only return services are at 09:00 and 19:05.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IRISH Rail has issued an apology to passengers who were left locked out of a railway station and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,16455,1396,39448],"class_list":["post-427348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-rail","tag-limerick","tag-local-enterprise-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}