The rail line into Bray is back to normal after passengers forced open doors on a Dart yesterday.
Absolute disgrace on the DART today. No air con, people having panic attacks. No windows to open. Absolutely ridiculous. @IrishRail pic.twitter.com/9UfBJUTSqr
— Pip ⁷ ᴾʳᵒᵒᶠ 핖 (she/her) - 아포 방포! ? (@Pipalicious) July 24, 2022
They jumped onto the track as people were making their way to and from the Bray Airshow and All Ireland final.
The situation unfolded yesterday afternoon near Bray Train Station, when a twitter user complained it was difficult to breath on a Dart that was stopped, and asked for the doors to be opened.
Passengers then forced open doors and trespassed onto the line, leading to Iarnrod Eireann having to stop all train services into Bray for a time yesterday.
Perfectly normal scenes as the Gards, paramedics and fire brigade are on the Dart line, no services in or out of Bray for a few hours, people being told to get buses, its a mess pic.twitter.com/f4m6GUbaTZ
— MarC with a C like it should be (@mcbadcalf) July 24, 2022
The company says the initial group who opened the doors and jumped onto the track on the first DART did so after a 5 minute delay, which caused other people to go on the line, and led to a far more significant delay to other trains, resulting in concern and distress for many passengers.
Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene on the rail line and helped with traffic management.
Iarnrod Eireann says it will be reviewing the incident and says there was no issue with the air-con when it was checked with the drivers.
Bray Air Show and the All Ireland Final caused an influx of passengers in and out of the Greater Dublin Area when it happened.
