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Dún Laoghaire railway station

Coordinates: 53°17′42″N 6°08′04″W / 53.2949°N 6.1345°W / 53.2949; -6.1345
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Dún Laoghaire Mallin

Stáisiún Dhún Laoghaire/Í Mhealláin
Iarnród Éireann
DART 8300 Class at Dún Laoghaire Mallin station in 2008
General information
LocationCrofton Road, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, A96 N7C6
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates53°17′42″N 6°08′04″W / 53.2949°N 6.1345°W / 53.2949; -6.1345
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms3
Tracks2
Bus routes45A
45B
46A
59
63
75
111
Bus operatorsDublin Bus
Go-Ahead Ireland
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeDLERY
Fare zoneSuburban 2
History
Original companyDublin and Kingstown Railway
Pre-groupingDSER
Post-groupingGSR
Key dates
1834Station opens as Kingstown Harbour
1861Station renamed Kingstown
1921Station renamed Dún Laoghaire
1966Station renamed Dún Laoghaire Mallin
1971Original station entrance closed
1983Station upgraded
1997Current station entrance built
Dublin to Rosslare
Legend
Year
closed
Dublin–Belfast Main Line
Dublin–Sligo Main Line
 Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
 R. Liffey
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
Grand Canal Street railway works
 Grand Canal Dock
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Grand Canal Gasworks
Lansdowne Road
 Lansdowne Road
Dublin Suburban Rail
 Ballsbridge Showground
Passengers 1941
Goods 1971
Serpentine Avenue
 Sandymount
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Sandymount
Sydney Parade
 Sydney Parade
Dublin Suburban Rail
Merrion Gates
 Merrion
1934
 Booterstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Williamstown
1841
 Blackrock
Dublin Suburban Rail
 Seapoint
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Salthill and Monkstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Kingstown Harbour (west pier)
1837
 Dún Laoghaire
Carlisle Pier
1980
Sandycove Cutting
Sandycove
and Glasthule
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Glenageary
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Dalkey (Atmospheric)
1854
 Dalkey
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Killiney Hill Tunnel
 Obelisk Hill
1858
 Killiney
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
moved
1882
 Ballybrack
1863
1882
 Shankill
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 MP 11 (to Pearse)
Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St.
1958
 MP 11 (to Harcourt St.)
Woodbrook Halt
1960
County Dublin
County Wicklow
Bray
 Bray
Bray Cove Halt
1929
Bray Head Tunnel No.1
Bray Head Tunnel No.2
Bray Head Tunnel No.3
Bray Head Tunnel No.4
 Greystones
Kilcoole
Newcastle
1964
 Wicklow Murrough
1976
 R. Vartry
Wicklow
Rathnew
1964
M11 motorway
 Glenealy
1964
 Rathdrum
Avoca
1964
 Woodenbridge Junction
1964
Shillelagh branch line
1945
 Glenart platform
1925
 (private halt for Earl Carysfort)
M11 motorway
 Arklow
M11 motorway
County Wicklow
County Wexford
 Inch
1963
 Gorey
M11 motorway
 Camolin
1963
 Ferns
1977
 Enniscorthy
R. Slaney
Enniscorthy Tunnel
 Edermine Ferry
1963
Waterford line
1963
 Macmine Junction
1963
 Killurin
1963
Killurin Tunnel
Ferrycarrig Tunnel
 Wexford (Carcur)
1872
 Wexford
Wexford South
1977
 Felthouse Junction
1910
 Limerick-Rosslare Line
2010
 Rosslare Strand
Kilrane
1963
 Rosslare Europort
South Eastern
Commuter
Legend
 Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
Loopline Bridge
 Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
Grand Canal Dock
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Lansdowne Road
Sandymount
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Sydney Parade
Booterstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Blackrock
Seapoint
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Salthill and Monkstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Dún Laoghaire
Sandycove and Glasthule
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Glenageary
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Dalkey
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Killiney
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Shankill
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Woodbrook
Dublin Area Rapid Transit (planned)
 Bray
Greystones
Kilcoole
Wicklow
Rathdrum
Arklow
Gorey
Dublin–Rosslare Line
Dublin Area
Rapid Transit
Legend
Belfast–Dublin Main Line
 Malahide
Portmarnock
Clongriffin
Howth
Sutton
Bayside
Howth Junction & Donaghmede
Kilbarrack
Raheny
Harmonstown
Killester
Clontarf Road
Fairview Depot
River Tolka
Western Commuter
& Sligo Line
Docklands Dublin Suburban Rail
The Royal Canal
 Dublin Connolly
Luas
 
to Dublin Heuston
Luas Red Line
to The Point
Loopline Bridge
over River Liffey
 Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
Grand Canal Dock
Lansdowne Road
Sandymount
Sydney Parade
Booterstown
Blackrock
Seapoint
Salthill & Monkstown
Dún Laoghaire Mallin
Sandycove & Glasthule
Glenageary
Dalkey
Killiney
Shankill
Woodbrook
(under construction)
 Bray Daly
Greystones
Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

Dún Laoghaire Mallin railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Dhún Laoghaire/Í Mhealláin) is a station in Dún Laoghaire, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

Services

The station has been named Dún Laoghaire-Mallin since 1966, after Michael Mallin, although it is usually referred to simply as Dún Laoghaire. It has two through platforms and one terminal platform and is served by DART services, the South Eastern Commuter line, and InterCity services to Rosslare Europort via Wexford.

Unusually, the station building is on a bridge above the platforms, in a setup similar to Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station. The station has a ticket office, automatic ticket machines and a small coffee shop. The ticket office is open between 05:45-00:06 AM, Monday to Sunday.

The station is also where the Killiney-Dún Laoghaire footpath "The Metals" (Ná Ráillí) ends.

The station is next to the former Dún Laoghaire Ferryport, for Stena Line services to Holyhead. This service ceased its operations in September 2014.

Beside the station is also the terminus of the 45a, 63, 75, 59 and the 46a, the most frequent and heavily used bus route in Dublin. It is also served by the 7, 7a and the 111 bus route which stop near the station. The 746 bus route from the station terminus to Dublin Airport was discontinued in 2010.

History

The station was the southern terminus of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway and opened in 1834.[1] It replaced the original Kingstown Harbour station at the West Pier, close to present-day Salthill and Monkstown railway station, when the line was extended closer to the harbour two years after the opening of the line, the delay being a result of local opposition in Kingstown.[2]

The earlier Kingstown railway station

Also called Kingstown Harbour, the new station was renamed Kingstown in 1861, renamed Dún Laoghaire in 1921 and received its present name in 1966.[1]

Although it lay on a double track railway for over ninety years Dún Laoghaire station had only one through platform with a bay platform facing Dublin, both on the seaward side of the station. The station lay on a short section of single line that ran from just north of the station, to just past the junction for the branch to Carlisle Pier, which was controlled by a signal box known as the 'Hole in the Wall Box.' This arrangement created a bottle neck for intensive steam-hauled suburban services to/from Bray. It was not until 1957 that CIÉ remedied the situation by providing a second through platform. Further improvements were carried out in connection with the introduction of DART electric trains in 1984.

Mileages to Holyhead.

The original station building was replaced in 1854[3] by a new structure in a neo-classical style, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.[2] This was the station building until 1971, when the current arrangement was introduced. Mulvany's building is now Hartley's restaurant.

A replacement station entrance, with combined ticket office and automated barriers, was built above the railway lines at street level in 1998. It was constructed with a steel framework supporting a taut sail-like canopy and with glazed panels as side features.

Stena Line fast ferry departure to Holyhead.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dún Laoghaire railway station.
File:Train crossing pier at Dun Laoghaire, Dublin December 1959 (6574790365).jpg
A Great Northern Railway (I) locomotive GNRI Class U crossing over the Level crossing from the Pier station.

References

  1. ^ a b Stephen Johnson (1997). Johnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland. Midland Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85780-044-3.
  2. ^ a b Peter Pearson (1981). Dun Laoghaire Kingstown. O'Brien Press. ISBN 0-905140-83-4.
  3. ^ "Former Railway Station". Archiseek. Archived from the original on 23 March 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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