Gormanston railway station

Gormanston

Baile Mhic Gormáin
Gormanston; Baile Mhic Gormáin
	Train in Gormanston station (1988)
General information
Location	Station Road, Gormanston, County Meath, K32 TK82; Ireland
Coordinates	53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTON
Fare zone	B
Key dates
1845	Station opened

Northern Commuter

Legend

Belfast–Dublin line

Newry

(

one early-am

weekday trip

)

United Kingdom

Ireland

border

Dundalk Clarke

to Navan

(freight only)

2000

DART Howth Branch

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght or Saggart

to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Gormanston railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Mhic Gormáin) (often mistakenly written Gormanstown^[1]) serves Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between Balbriggan and Laytown, north of a cast-iron bridge on which the line crosses the River Delvin.

History

The station opened in May 1845 as part of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

It was the scene of a shooting during the Irish Civil War. On Monday 29 May 1922, Staff Captain James Flanagan (Anti-Treaty IRA) was shot by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary.^[2]^[3] A Royal Irish Constabulary officer was also killed.

Buildings and facilities

The station has a single-storey wooden station building on the up platform which was partially demolished to make way for a car park. A GNR style waiting room is located on the up platform. At the north end of the down platform was a signal cabin. This was moved to Dromod, Co. Leitrim, and is preserved there. A brick goods shed and the adjacent single storey station masters house stand the north end of the station.^[4]

Accidents and incidents

On Monday 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.^[5]

Services

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External links

References

^ "Gormanstown". Transport for Ireland.
^ http://www.irishmedals.org/anti-treaty-killed.html
^ "Gormanstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
^ "Gormanston". Eiretrains.
^ "REPORT OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT GORMANSTON RAILWAY STATION ON 21ST OCTOBER, 1974" (PDF). Dublin: Department of Transport and Power via Rail Accident Investigation Unit. January 1975. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

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[1] "Gormanstown". Transport for Ireland.

[2] ttp://www.irishmedals.org/anti-treaty-killed.html

[3] "Gormanstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.

[4] "Gormanston". Eiretrains.

[Gormanston-5] "REPORT OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT GORMANSTON RAILWAY STATION ON 21ST OCTOBER, 1974" (PDF). Dublin: Department of Transport and Power via Rail Accident Investigation Unit. January 1975. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

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