Skerries railway station
Skerries Na Sceirí | ||||||||||||||||||
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View of the station from the north end of platform 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Station Road, Skerries County Dublin Ireland | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°34′27″N 6°07′10″W / 53.57417°N 6.11944°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | |||||||||||||||||
| Line | Belfast–Dublin line | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | SKRES | |||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Suburban 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 May 1844 | |||||||||||||||||
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Skerries railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na Sceirí) serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.
History
The station opened on 25 May 1844 with the opening of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway and has continuously served passengers since, but has been closed for freight purposes since 2 December 1974.[1]
Description
The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station, with a footbridge connecting the platforms.[2] An underpass was open for passenger use, but was permanently closed on Wednesday, 31 August 2016. Platform 1 runs mostly to the south, while platform 2 runs mostly to the north. The station is 1.6 kilometres from the Martello tower on Red Island, and 8 kilometres from Rockabill lighthouse.
Services
Irish Rail's Commuter service, operated by the 29000 and 22000 Class DMU fleets, is the only service that stops at the station. Other trains that pass through include the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise service, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by 071 class trains, and out of service transfer intercity trains, which primarily use IE 22000 DMU class trains.
Proposed expansion
As part of Project Ireland 2040, the DART is proposed to be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush and Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda.
See also
References
- ^ Ayres 2003.
- ^ "Skerries". Iarnród Éireann.
Bibliography
- Ayres, Bob (2003). "Irish Railway Station Dates" (PDF). Irish Railway Record Society.