Dublin Pearse railway station

Dublin Pearse
A commuter train is seen in Pearse station
General information
Other names	Stáisiún na bPiarsach
Location	Dublin City Council
Managed by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	150
Key dates
1834	Station opens as Westland Row Station
1966	Renamed Pearse Station
2007	Renovation commences

Pearse Station sign - (Irish: Stáisiún na bPiarsach)

Dublin to Rosslare
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Street railway works Grand Canal Dock Grand Canal Gasworks Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill 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

Dublin Pearse, also known (and referred to on all station signage) as Pearse Station (Irish: Stáisiún na bPiarsach), located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin, Ireland, is Ireland's busiest railway station and is an important commuter terminus for the Dublin area.

Services

The station is the terminus of the Northern Commuter (to Balbriggan/Dundalk) and Western Commuter (to Maynooth/Longford) services. DART and South Eastern Commuter (Dublin Connolly to Arklow) services also serve the station, as do InterCity services from Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort.

Facilities

The station has two through platforms (Nos. 1 & 2). Until 2007, one terminal platform (No. 3) was occasionally used for special services. A fourth platform also existed, but was unsuitable for modern passenger services and was used as a siding. This platform (and Platform 5, which had been closed for some years and later converted into a car park) has been used as a set for several movies, 'Michael Collins', 'Limerick' in Angela's Ashes, 'Galway', in Nora Barnacle and the 2005 remake, Lassie, starring Peter O'Toole. In summer 2008 Platform 3 was filled in as part of the station's partial renovation while the disused Platform 4 was shortened.

The station also has a café on the southbound platform. This was closed during autumn 2006, although it reopened (as SoBo Café) in February 2007. However, a Spar convenience store, which had been operational in the station for many years, closed in February 2008.

There are no public lavatories on the station, and it can be hard to find from the street as it lacks external signage.

It is the headquarters of Iarnród Éireann's DART/Commuter sector.

History

The first train, view from Cumberland St., 1834

The station was opened on 17 December 1834 as Westland Row Station, the city terminus of the Dublin & Kingstown Railway which was the first 'commuter' line in the world. The station was extensively rebuilt for the opening of the City of Dublin Junction Railway in 1891. During this process, the station was converted from a terminus into a through station, although it retained three terminus platforms.

The station was renamed in 1966 (after the Pearse Family, notably brothers Patrick and Willie) as part of the Easter Rising celebrations that saw many Irish railway stations renamed. Because of its proximity to Pearse St., many Dubliners refer to the station as "Pearse Street Station" though that is not its official name. (In fact, in December 2004, Iarnród Éireann posted a list of station departures headed with that name). Although a number of Intercity lines operated out of the station in the past (including, until the mid-1970s, the Dublin - Galway railway line), no Intercity services now regularly terminate at the station, though it is still served by Rosslare InterCity services.

The station was temporarily closed on 11 March 2008 due to roof damage, though it re-opened the next day.

Future

The Transport 21 initiative plans an Interconnector tunnel connecting Heuston Station with Pearse Station and onwards to the northern DART network via the new Docklands railway station in Spencer Dock to be open by 2015. As part of this project, an underground station with two additional platforms will be constructed beneath the present station. Until recently Pearse Station was the only one of Dublin's four terminal stations which has not or is not the subject of a recent major upgrade project, the others being Connolly, Heuston on the west of the city and Tara Street Station. This major renovation had commenced in 2007 as part of the Interconnector project, with publicity erected in the station for this in March 2008. As part of phase 1 of this project, new automatic exit ticket validation machines has been installed on both platforms 1 and 2.

The front entrance of the station has also changed. The former spar shop has been completely taken out of the station. Also, the old ticket barriers have been removed.

Also on the platforms , Platform 3 and 4 have been removed. There is new signage and CCTV cameras on both platforms. On Platform 2, a bigger waiting area for passengers has been provided.

There is also plans to build a new southbound entrance towards the direction of Ringsend. This is being planned to be fully operational before DART underground has been opened.

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See also

• Rail transport in Ireland
• History of rail transport in Ireland

External links

• Station information from irishrail.ie