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The sounds of birdsong will be played to commuters at train stations for the next two weeks, Iarnród Éireann said.
The company’s corporate communications manager, Barry Kenny, said the project will run through the Dublin commuter belt, to Dundalk, to Greystones and incorporating Enfield and Portlaoise, and through the DART line.
The public address systems at the Iarnród Éireann train station will play the sound of birdsong between 8 am and 9 am.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Mr. Kenny said it is relaxing and raises awareness of the type of birds we have in urban areas.
He explained that the sounds of birdsong and the sounds of nature were captured by sound artist Christopher Steenson along the Royal Canal Way in Dublin, which runs along a railway line, during the first close to early this year.
Mr. Steenson reached out to Irish Rail to see if they would be interested in transmitting the sounds.
Kenny said that activity on trains is significantly quieter at the moment, about 20% of normal volumes, and the majority of commuters are essential workers and people traveling for education.
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