Maynooth railway station

Maynooth Maigh Nuad
Maynooth Station building seen from The Royal Canal
Location	Straffan Road, Maynooth, County Kildare, W23 N2F8 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°22′43″N 6°35′19″W / 53.37852°N 6.58854°W / 53.37852; -6.58854Coordinates: 53°22′43″N 6°35′19″W / 53.37852°N 6.58854°W / 53.37852; -6.58854
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	MYNTH
Fare zone	Suburban 4
Key dates
1 June 1848	Station opened
1947	Station closed for passenger services
1963	Station closed fully
1981	Station reopens
2000	Station upgraded
2012	Station refurbished

Dublin-Sligo railway line
Year closed Sligo Quay freight terminal 2000 Sligo Mac Diarmada Ballysadare 1963 Ballisodare River Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Rly to Enniskillen 1957 proposed Western Railway Corridor to Limerick Collooney Ballymote Kilfree Junction 1963 to Ballaghaderreen Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Drumsna 1963 River Shannon Cavan and Leitrim Railway Dromod Newtown Forbes 1963 Longford Edgeworthstown Street & Rathowen 1963 to Cavan Inny Junction 1931 Multyfarnham 1963 Clonhugh 1963 The Royal Canal to Athlone Mullingar Killucan 1963 Hill of Down 1963 River Boyne Moyvalley 1963 Enfield Ferns Lock 1963 Kilcock Maynooth Blakestown Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey Lucan North 1941 Barberstown Docklands branch to Hansfield, Dunboyne & M3 Parkway Clonsilla Clonsilla Porterstown Coolmine Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Ashtown Broombridge Liffey Junction 1937 Dublin Broadstone 1937 The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Belfast–Dublin railway line Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Rosslare = Western Commuter

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 to Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone ( closed 1937 ) The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

Maynooth railway station serves the town of Maynooth in north County Kildare, Ireland.

It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to Mullingar/Longford long distance commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service.^[1]

Description

Maynooth railway station in 1962, one year prior to the closure of the original station

It is situated on the south side of the Royal Canal, opposite Dukes' Harbour. Access to Maynooth is by either the footbridge to the west, which leads to the Main Street of Maynooth; west along the canal walk to residential areas of the town, or via the road bridges to the east, which lead north to the older part of Maynooth, or south to the newer areas.

The station has two staffed ticket desks and four automated ticket machines, one inside and three outside the station building. The ticket office is open from 06:00 AM to 23:15 PM, Monday to Sunday.

The footbridge crossing the tracks and connecting the two platforms was originally situated at Lansdowne Road railway station.^[2]

From Maynooth onwards to Sligo, the line is single track, the line being double track from Maynooth to Bray.

Platforms

The station has two platforms; platform 1 on the north side of the station (where the station building is located) and platform 2 over the footbridge on the south side of the station. Platform 2 is used only a few times a day, when Commuter and InterCity services are in the station at the same time.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland
• Rail transport in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Maynooth Station Website
• Eiretrains - Maynooth Station

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Dublin Connolly		InterCity Dublin-Sligo		Kilcock
Leixlip Louisa Bridge		Commuter Western Commuter		Kilcock or Terminus
	Future
Leixlip Louisa Bridge		DART Line 1		Terminus
	Disused railways
Leixlip Louisa Bridge		Midland Great Western Railway Dublin-Galway/Sligo		Kilcock

References