Drumcondra railway station explained

Drumcondra
Native Name:Droim Chonrach
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:30 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, D09 H0V5
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.3631°N -6.2585°W
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Bus Stands:1
Routes:17
Parking:no
Accessible:yes
Pregroup:MGWR
Years:1 April 1901
Events:Station opens
Years1:1 December 1910
Events1:Station closed
Years2:2 March 1998
Events2:Station reopened
Opened:1901
Closed:1910
Rebuilt:1998
Code:DCDRA
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 1

Drumcondra is a railway station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford and Grand Canal Dock to Newbridge commuter services.[1] Almost all Sligo and Longford to Dublin services stop at Drumcondra.

It serves Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland and is the nearest railway station for Croke Park and Tolka Park sports venues.It is elevated with just the entrance on the main Drumcondra road.

The ticket office is open from 07:00 AM to 23:30 PM, Monday to Sunday.

Directly outside station is a bus stop with connections to Dublin Airport and Swords (Dublin Bus stop 17).[2]

History

The station initially opened on 1 April 1901, but closed on 1 December 1910, with the termination of Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station) to Amiens Street (now Connolly Station) services. Part of the original building was demolished in late 1918.

It reopened on 2 March 1998 as a station on the Maynooth/Longford commuter line.

Proposals

Drumcondra was considered as a potential interchange stop[3] on the proposed Metro North line of the Dublin Metro.[4] However, following publication of revised plans for MetroLink in 2018, it was proposed that it would link up with a new station at Glasnevin, west of Drumcondra.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irish Rail - Drumcondra Station webpage . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816035237/http://www.irishrail.ie/Drumcondra . 2012-08-16 . irishrail.ie .
  2. Web site: dublinbus.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816215055/https://www.dublinbus.ie/ . 2021-08-16 . Dublin Bus.
  3. Web site: Metro North - Drumcondra Station Plans. dublinmetronorth.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123621/http://www.dublinmetronorth.ie/Downloads/Amended%20RO%20Drawings/07-STRUCTURES%20DCC%20BK%201/19-LMN000TO106008B.pdf . 21 July 2011 .
  4. Web site: Metro West Emerging proposed route . transport21.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20090319005740/http://www.transport21.ie/Projects/upload/Image/Metro_West_alignment_1108_large.jpg . 19 March 2009 .
  5. Web site: MetroLink NTA TII Public Consultation Document . https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084832/http://data.tii.ie/metrolink/metrolink-nta-tii-public-consultation-document.pdf . 2018-03-27 . tii.ie .