Ashtown railway station explained

Ashtown
Native Name:Baile an Ásaigh
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Ashtown Road, Ashtown, Dublin 15, D15 EH48
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.3753°N -6.3323°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Years:28 July 1847
Events:Station opens as private stop
Years1:1902
Events1:Station opens fully
Years2:1934
Events2:Station closes
Years3:29 September 1979
Events3:Station reopens temporarily
Years4:30 September 1979
Events4:Station closes
Years5:11 January 1982
Events5:Station reopens
Code:ASHTN
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 1

Ashtown is a commuter railway station in Fingal, Ireland on the Dublin Connolly to Maynooth and Docklands to M3 Parkway commuter services.

It serves Ashtown, Dublin, Ireland and is near the Ashtown roundabout on the Navan Road (R147).[1]

(formerly Phoenix Park) opened nearby in 2008 but does not replace Ashtown. A major grade-separated junction was built on the R147 to provide access to .

The ticket office is open from 06:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday. It is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

History

The station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1847 for race specials at the now-demolished Phoenix Park Racecourse. It opened fully on 1 August 1902. Absorbed into the Great Southern Railways by way of the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924 (SI no. 31 of that year), the station closed in 1934.

The line through the station was then nationalised, passing on to Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944[2] which took effect from 1 January 1945. Under this management, it reopened briefly in 1979 for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in order to facilitate the large numbers who attended the open-air mass in the Phoenix Park and reopened permanently on 11 January 1982. It passed on to Iarnród Éireann in 1987.

The footbridge came from Midleton on the Youghal line.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ashtown Station. Irish Rail. 2012-08-08. 2012-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120706045732/http://www.irishrail.ie/Ashtown. live.
  2. Web site: Transport Act 1944 . Irish Statute Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070426164302/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html . April 26, 2007 .