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Not to be confused with Tara Station.
Tara Street

Sráid na Teamhrach
Iarnród Éireann
DART 8520 Class EMU (8625) at Tara Street Station
General information
LocationGeorge's Quay, Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeTARA
Fare zoneSuburban 1
Key dates
1 May 1891 (1891-05-01)Station opens
1976Station refurbished
1983Station upgraded
The Loopline Viaduct Prior to Tara Street
Tara Street sign, (Template:Lang-ga)
Loopline bridge near Tara Street station

Tara Street (Template:Lang-ga) is a railway station in central Dublin, Ireland. It is adjacent to Loopline Bridge on George's Quay.

It deals with mainly DART trains and longer distance commuter trains. Commuter services go to (1) Maynooth and the western suburbs, (2) Balbriggan, Drogheda and Dundalk on the former GNR(I) main line and (3) Arklow and Rosslare Europort.

Description

The station has two through platforms above street level with ticket areas and retail outlets at street level. The platform retaining walls, the stairwells and canopies were originally timber planking but upgraded to include escalators and fibreglass panels in the 1970s and 1980s.

More recent changes have seen new stairwells installed and platforms lengthened to reflect the increasing throughput. There are proposals to build in the airspace above the station and adjacent property has been acquired for this purpose.

The ticket office is open between 06:00-00:00 AM, Monday to Sunday.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1891.[1]

It is on the 'Loop Line' which was constructed towards the end of the 19th century by the City of Dublin Junction Railway, connecting the Dublin & Kingstown terminus at Westland Row (now Pearse Station) and Amiens St (now Connolly Station) on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), and linked into the Midland Great Western freight line, thus joining up all the main railways in Dublin.

Future

City Centre Resignalling

The completion of the Irish Rail City Centre re-signalling project[2] will see an:

  • Increase in the number of Northern and Maynooth line suburban trains stopping at Tara street.
  • Trains from Kildare also serving Tara Street station.

This will be made possible by the ability of the signalling system in the city centre to operate 20 trains per hour in both directions instead of 8.

The project began in March 2015 and is currently underway. It is expected to be completed by late 2016 or early 2017.[3]

Redevelopment

Tara Street is soon to undergo a major redevelopment.[4]

The original plans include a new office block of 15 levels with 14,990sqm of offices. 10 levels will be above a new station concourse with access to the new station from Tara Street and George's Quay.[5]

The CIÉ group placed a tender in March 2015 to find a new property development partner.[6] Such a partner was found in July 2015 and the current plan comprises a €130-million development for an office block of 22 levels.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tara Street station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  2. ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/about-us/city-centre-resignalling
  3. ^ http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/linking-heuston-with-city-centre-a-priority-29482733.html
  4. ^ http://www.tarastreetstation.ie/ CIE TARA STREET STATION REDEVELOPMENT site
  5. ^ http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/green-light-for-100m-tara-street-station-26629282.html
  6. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/ci%C3%A9-seeks-partner-to-build-office-block-in-tara-street-dublin-1.2133771
  7. ^ http://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/wilbur-ross-backs-johnny-ronan-in-130m-skyscraper-deal-31386840.html

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