Skerries railway station

Skerries
Skerries; Na Sceirí
	View north from Platform 1 depicting the brake house on Platform 2.
Location	Station Road, Skerries, County Dublin, K34 CF63; Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°34′26″N 6°07′08″W / 53.574°N 6.119°WCoordinates: 53°34′26″N 6°07′08″W / 53.574°N 6.119°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	SKRES
Fare zone	Suburban 4
History
Opened	1844
Services

Northern Commuter

Belfast–Dublin line

Newry

(

one early-am

weekday trip

)

United Kingdom

Ireland

border

Dundalk Clarke

to Navan

(freight only)

DART Howth Branch

Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght

to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Skerries railway station serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844.

Description

The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station. There is a footbridge connecting the platforms. An underpass was open, but was closed permanently on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Platform 1 runs mostly south, while platform 2 runs mostly north. The middle of the footbridge is 1 mile from the Martello tower on Red Island and 8 km from Rockabill lighthouse

Services

The commuter train is the only train that stops at the station. The fleet class is the IE 29000 DMU. The only other trains that pass the station are the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by IE 071 class trains, and an out of service transfer intercity train, which use IE 22000 DMU class trains.

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