Portmarnock railway station

Portmarnock
Port Mearnóg
Iarnród Éireann
Portmarnock train station looking South with a DART 8500/8510 Class arriving at platform 2.
Location Station Road, Portmarnock, County Dublin, D13 K726
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 53°25′03″N 6°09′04″W / 53.4175°N 6.1510°W / 53.4175; -6.1510Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 6°09′04″W / 53.4175°N 6.1510°W / 53.4175; -6.1510
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code PMNCK
Fare zone Suburban 2
Key dates
25 May 1844 Station opens
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Clongriffin
or
Howth Junction		   Commuter
Northern Commuter		   Malahide
Clongriffin   DART
Trans-Dublin		   Malahide

Portmarnock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Phort Mearnóg) serves Portmarnock in County Dublin.

Northern Commuter
Belfast–Dublin line
 Newry
(
one early-am
weekday trip
)
United Kingdom
Ireland
border
 Dundalk Clarke
to Navan
(freight only)
 Drogheda MacBride
 Laytown
 Gormanston
 Balbriggan
 Skerries
 Rush and Lusk
 Donabate
 Malahide
 Portmarnock
 Clongriffin
DART Howth Branch
Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
 Kilbarrack
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Raheny
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Harmonstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Killester
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Clontarf Road
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 The Royal Canal
 Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght
Loopline Bridge
 Tara Street
 Dublin Pearse
Dublin-Rosslare line
to Bray and Rosslare Europort

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844.[1]

The ticket office is open from 05:45 AM to 14:30 PM, Monday to Friday. It is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Connections

The station is served by the DART and Commuter services. Enterprise services pass from Dublin Connolly en route via Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Portadown, Lisburn, and Belfast Central. Connecting trains from Dublin Connolly link to Sligo, as well as Rosslare Europort and buses connect Dublin Connolly to Dublin Port for ferries to Holyhead for trains to Chester, Crewe and London Euston.

An 8100 Class DART unit arriving at Portmarnock
Looking northwards along the rail track and to the right beside the bridge was the location of the old station building which was completely demolished.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Portmarnock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-03.


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