Heuston railway station

Dublin Heuston

Baile Átha Cliath Stáisiún Heuston
Dublin Heuston; Baile Átha Cliath Stáisiún Heuston ;
	Dublin Heuston railway station
General information
Location	St. John's Road, Dublin 8; Republic of Ireland
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	12 (including 3 for Luas)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	1
Key dates
1846	Station opened as Kingsbridge Station
1966	Renamed as Heuston Station
1998,2004 & 2005	Station refurbished and partially rebuilt

Dublin–Waterford

Legend

Phoenix Park Tunnel

to Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Dublin Connolly & The Point

Dublin Heuston

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght & Saggart

Inchicore Works

Park West and

Cherry Orchard

M50

Clondalkin/Fonthill

Kishoge

Lucan (south)

1947

Adamstown

Hazelhatch and Celbridge

1947

1977

Curragh Mainline

1999

Kildare

to Cork and Westport/Galway

M7 motorway

Kildangan

1963

Athy

Mageney

1963

Carlow

Milford

1963

Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown)

to Palace East

1963

River Barrow

Gowran

1963

to Portlaoise

1963

Kilkenny

Lavistown loop line

Bennetsbridge

1965

Thomastown

River Nore

Ballyhale

1963

Mullinavat

1963

Kilmacow

1963

to Limerick

to Mallow

1967

Waterford West goods yard

Waterford Plunkett

to Rosslare

2010

Dublin–Cork

to Dublin Connolly & The Point

Liffey Railway Bridge

Dublin Heuston

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght & Saggart

Inchicore Works

Park West and Cherry Orchard †

Clondalkin/Fonthill †

Kishoge †

Lucan (south)

1947

Adamstown †

Hazelhatch and Celbridge †

Straffan

1947

Sallins and Naas †

to Tullow

1947

Newbridge †

Curragh Racecourse

1977

Curragh Mainline

1999

Kildare †

Dublin–Waterford Line

Monasterevin †

Portarlington †

Dublin–Westport/Galway line

Portlaoise

to Mountmellick

1947

Conniberry Junction

to Kilkenny

1962

Laois Traincare Depot

Mountrath

1976

Limerick–Ballybrophy line

Ballybrophy

Lisduff

1963

Templemore

Thurles

to Clonmel

1963

Goold's Cross

1976

to Cashel

1954

Dundrum

1976

Limerick–Rosslare line

to Limerick Colbert and Rosslare

Limerick Junction

Emly

1963

Knocklong

1977

Kilmallock

1977

to Limerick

1967

Charleville

Buttevant

1977

Waterford–Mallow line

1967

Mallow

Mallow–Tralee Line

Mourne Abbey

1963

Rathduff

1976

Blarney (GSW)

1963

Kilnap Viaduct

Cork railway tunnel

Summerhill

1893

Cork Kent

Cork–Cobh/Midleton line

† Not served by services from Dublin to Cork

Dublin to
Galway/Westport

Legend

Year

closed

Phoenix Park Tunnel

to Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Dublin Connolly & The Point

Dublin Heuston

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght & Saggart

Inchicore Works

Hazelhatch and Celbridge

1947

Dublin–Waterford line

Monasterevin

Portarlington

Dublin to Cork line

Tullamore

Horseleap Branch

to Mullingar

1964

Clara

Athlone

Ballinasloe

Woodlawn

Attymon

Western Railway Corridor

to Limerick

to Collooney

Manulla Junction

Exchange

only

to Achill

1937

Westport Quay

1978

Dublin Heuston /ˈhjuːstən/ (Template:Lang-ga; formerly Kingsbridge Station) is one of Ireland's main railway stations, serving the south, southwest and west. It is operated by Iarnród Éireann (IE), the national railway operator. It also houses the head office of IE's parent company, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ).

History

The station opened on 4 August 1846^[1] as the terminus and headquarters of the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR). It was originally called Kingsbridge Station from the nearby Kings Bridge over the Liffey, but was renamed in 1966 after Sean Heuston, an Easter Rising leader who had worked in the station offices.

Designed by Sancton Wood, the handsome original buildings remain. The five panels along the front represent, in order:

VIII.VIC - being the Act of Parliament that incorporated the GS&WR
The Coat of Arms of Cork City
The Coat of Arms of Dublin City
The Coat of Arms of Limerick City
AD. 1844 - being the year of incorporation of the GS&WR

Since its renewal (by Quinn Savage Smyth architects and engineers Buro Happold) it includes two branches of Eason's, as well as some dining facilities, including a Supermacs, and a pub.

Operation

Rail services

InterCity

InterCity services from Heuston go to and from Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Mayo, and Kerry.

Commuter

Commuter Services stop at all stations to Portlaoise Mondays to Saturdays and Sundays to Kildare

All services leave the station on a triple line as far as Inchicore, quadruple line until Hazelhatch, and thereafter only double line (one each way).

This is the main line to Cork with key service terminus and transfer points in the cork bound direction at

Kildare for stations on the Waterford line
Portarlington - for routes to west via Tullamore and Athlone
Portlaoise (end of commuter services from Heuston)
Ballybrophy (junction for stations on the Limerick-Ballybrophy railway line),
Limerick Junction (for transfer to Limerick and Ennis services, and Waterford via Clonmel)
Mallow (junction for Killarney & Tralee and start of Cork Commuter Services).

For a full list of stops on these routes, and route descriptions, see Rail transport in Ireland.

Links to other main stations

Although there is a physical rail link between Connolly Station and Heuston, via the Phoenix Park Tunnel, this is usually only used for freight and rolling stock movements. Once or twice a year special trains may operate, usually from Cork to Connolly for Gaelic Athletic Association matches in Croke Park. A more regular service along this route, with up to four journeys an hour, is planned to begin in Spring 2016.^[2]

However the Luas light rail red line connects the two stations (apart from off peak Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays)^[3] Dublin Bus has a direct service to Connolly, but this operates as a special service for Dublin Airport so fares are not at commuter level.

Platforms

There are nine platforms - eight terminal platforms and one through platform. Platform 1 is an extension to Platform 2, and reachable only via that platform. Prior to Heuston's recent upgrade, there were five terminal platforms.

The through platform is numbered Platform 10, and is situated on the Phoenix Park Tunnel line, which connects to Connolly Station. There is no platform nine. Platform 10 is some distance from the main concourse, and is not used for any regular scheduled trains.

Future

The Iarnród Éireann initiative plans to have a DART Underground tunnel linking Heuston with Pearse Station and onwards to a new Spencer Dock Docklands railway station. An underground station would be constructed at Heuston.

Construction has been indefinitely delayed due to lack of funding, however planning and design is still ongoing under the heading of the DART underground project.^[4]

Inchicore Works

The main IÉ maintenance depot, at Inchicore, is approximately three kilometres (two miles) away.

Gallery

A Cork-Dublin train at Heuston
The recently renewed roof
Heuston interior

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Dublin-Waterford | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Newbridge |-

| style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | InterCity
Dublin-Limerick via Thurles | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |

|- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Terminus | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | InterCity
Dublin-Galway | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Hazelhatch
& Celbridge |- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Terminus | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | InterCity
Dublin-Westport/Ballina | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Kildare
or
Newbridge |- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Terminus | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | InterCity
Dublin-Tralee | style="background:#FFA500; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Portlaoise |- class="s-note" | | class="s-note-content" colspan=3 | From 2016 | |- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Drumcondra | style="background:#00A550; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | Commuter
South Western Commuter | style="background:#00A550; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Park West &
Cherry Orchard |- class="s-note" | | class="s-note-content" colspan=3 | Future | |- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Christchurch | style="background:#00bb00; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | DART
Line 2 | style="background:#00bb00; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Inchicore |- ! style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: none; border-bottom: none; "|Preceding station ! style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; "| ! style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; "|Luas ! style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; "| ! style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: none; border-bottom: none; "|Following station |-

|- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Museum
towards Connolly or The Point | style="background:#FF0000; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | Red Line | style="background:#FF0000; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|James's
towards Tallaght |}

References

^ "Dublin Kingsbridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "Plans for four trains an hour in Phoenix Park tunnel next year". The Herald. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ http://www.luas.ie/red-line-frequency.html
^ Irish Rail DART Underground Webpage

External links

[1] "Dublin Kingsbridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.

[platform_10-2] "Plans for four trains an hour in Phoenix Park tunnel next year". The Herald. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[3] ttp://www.luas.ie/red-line-frequency.html

[4] Irish Rail DART Underground Webpage

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

History

Operation

Rail services

InterCity

Commuter

Links to other main stations

Platforms

Future

Inchicore Works

Gallery

See also

References

External links