Booterstown | |
Native Name: | Baile an Bhóthair |
Native Name Lang: | GA |
Symbol: | rail |
Symbol Location: | ie |
Address: | Rock Road, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 N9P4 |
Country: | Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.3099°N -6.1954°W |
Structure: | At-grade |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Bus Stands: | 0 |
Bus Operators: | Aircoach, Dublin Bus |
Routes: | 8 |
Parking: | YES |
Bicycle: | YES |
Travelcentre: | No |
Baggage Check: | No |
Original: | Dublin and Kingstown Railway |
Pregroup: | Dublin and South Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Southern Railways |
Years: | January 1835 |
Events: | Station opened |
Years1: | 1960 |
Events1: | Station closed |
Years2: | July 1984 |
Events2: | Station reopens for DART services |
Electrified: | YES |
Accessible: | YES |
Code: | BTSTN |
Owned: | Iarnród Éireann |
Operator: | Iarnród Éireann |
Zone: | Suburban 1 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Booterstown railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Bhaile an Bhóthair) serves Booterstown in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
The station is located on the coast, bordering the bird sanctuary of Booterstown marsh to the west and southeast. The road linking the station to the Rock Road runs to the southwest, with a car park beside it.
The station is fully wheelchair accessible.
The information office is open at various times between 06:00-00:00, Monday to Friday.
The station opened in January 1835. It closed for a period from 1960,[1] but reopened with the coming of the DART in 1984.
The footbridge at the south end of the station was used in 1980 as the cover photographic image for the pop music single A Day Without Me by the band U2.[2]
Directly outside the station on the Rock Road, are bus stops for the following routes
Private Operators