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Irish Rail engineer dodged speeding train with a second to spare

An Iarnród Éireann signalling engineer narrowly escaped being struck by a train after stumbling while trying to climb on to the platform of the station at Rush and Lusk in north Dublin last year.

Irish Rail engineer dodged speeding train with a second to spare

Thu, 28 May, 2020 - 19:03

Seán McCárthaigh

The near miss a worker had with a train at Rush and Lusk Station inn June 2019

An Iarnród Éireann signalling engineer narrowly escaped being struck by a train after stumbling while trying to climb on to the platform of the station at Rush and Lusk in north Dublin last year.

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Irish Rail Place: Rush Place: Lusk Place: north Dublin Place: Belfast Place: Connolly Place: Pearse Place: Drogheda Place: Dublin-Galway Place: Woodlawn station Place: Co Galway Organisation: Irish Rail Organisation: An Iarnród Éireann Organisation: Iarnród Éireann Organisation: Department of Transport’s Railway Accident Investigation Unit Organisation: RAIU

<p>Gardaí and emergency services personnel attended the scene. File Picture</p>

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