Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Irish Rail’s lifts can far too easily lower one’s mood

Irish Rail has developed the practice of installing lifts at its stations. Why the rail company did not choose to build underground passages is not clear.

Far too often lifts at stations are out of service. Yes, Irish Rail does give notice at real time signs informing passengers at what stations lifts are not working. But it can be haphazard.

At present the lift at Dublin’s Docklands is not working and has not been working since last Thursday and no mention of this on the company's real time signage boards.

What happens when a passenger with heavy luggage, a pram or a bicycle arrives at a station where the lift is out of service?

When Irish Rail is building lifts why not make them sufficiently big enough to take modern e-bikes?

But underground passageways are a far better option.

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Irish Rail’s lifts can far too easily lower one’s mood

Irish Rail has developed the practice of installing lifts at its stations. Why the rail company did not choose to build underground passages...