Drumcondra railway station

Drumcondra
Droim Conrach
Iarnród Éireann
Commuter 29000 Class at Drumcondra Station
Location 30 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, D09 H0V5
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 53°21′47″N 6°15′31″W / 53.3631°N 6.2585°W / 53.3631; -6.2585Coordinates: 53°21′47″N 6°15′31″W / 53.3631°N 6.2585°W / 53.3631; -6.2585
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code DCDRA
Fare zone Suburban 1
Key dates
1 April 1901 Station opens
1 December 1910 Station closed
2 March 1998 Station reopened

Drumcondra is a railway station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford commuter service.[1] A limited number of Sligo and Longford to Dublin services stop at Drumcondra.

It serves Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland and is the nearest railway station for Croke Park. It is elevated with just the entrance on the main Drumcondra road.

The ticket office is open from 07:00 AM to 23:30 PM, Monday to Sunday.

Directly outside station is a bus stop with connections to Dublin Airport and Swords (Dublin Bus stop 17)[2]

Western Commuter
Dublin–Sligo Line
 Longford
 Edgeworthstown
 Mullingar
 Enfield
 Kilcock
 Maynooth
 Leixlip Louisa Bridge
 Leixlip Confey
 M3 Parkway
 Dunboyne
 Hansfield
Docklands branch
 Clonsilla
 Coolmine
 Castleknock
 Navan Road Parkway
 Ashtown
 Broombridge
Luas
to Liffey Junction
& Dublin Broadstone
(
closed
1937
)
The Royal Canal
Phoenix Park Tunnel
to Dublin Heuston
Drumcondra
Docklands
(Luas Spencer Dock)
The Royal Canal
 Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght
Loopline Bridge
 Tara Street
 Dublin Pearse

History

The station initially opened on 1 April 1901 but closed on 1 December 1910[3] with the termination of Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station) to Amiens Street (now Connolly Station) services. Part of the original building was demolished in late 1918.

It reopened on 2 March 1998 as a station on the Maynooth/Longford commuter line.

Dublin Metro

Drumcondra was planned as an interchange stop[4] on the proposed Metro North line of the Dublin Metro.[5]

In March 2018, after the revised plans of the new Dublin Metro, Metrolink, it is now proposed that the Metro will link up with a new station, Glasnevin, on the Western Commuter line, one stop east from Drumcondra.[6]

See also

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Dublin Connolly   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo
Peak times only		   Maynooth
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch)		   Broombridge
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
South Western Commuter		   Park West and
Cherry Orchard
  Future  
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
South Western Commuter		   Glasnevin
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch)		   Glasnevin

References

  1. ↑ http://www.irishrail.ie/drumcondra Irish Rail Drumcondra Station Website
  2. ↑ http://www.dublinbus.ie Dublin Bus
  3. ↑ "Drumcondra station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  4. ↑ Metro North - Drumcondra Station Plans Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Metro West Emerging proposed route Archived March 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ http://data.tii.ie/metrolink/metrolink-nta-tii-public-consultation-document.pdf
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