Lansdowne Road railway station explained

Lansdowne Road
Native Name:Bóthar Lansdún
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4, D04 V3K1
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.3338°N -6.2291°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Levels:2
Tracks:2
Gates:2
Bus Stands:0
Bus Operators:None
Routes:0
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Travel Centre:No
Accessible:Yes
Toilet Facilities:No
Original:Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pregroup:Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Postgroup:Great Southern Railways
Years:1 July 1870
Events:Station opens
Electrified:Yes
Code:LDWNE
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 1
Services Collapsible:yes

Lansdowne Road railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Bhóthar Lansdúin) is a railway station in Dublin, Ireland. The station serves the Ballsbridge and Upper Baggot Street areas of Dublin 4.

Facilities and services

The station has two through platforms, 1 is the northbound platform and platform 2 is for southbound services. These are connected via a subway. Both have separate entrances as there is a level crossing adjacent to the station on Lansdowne Road. There are 2 automated ticket vending machines at each entrance. When there is an event at the stadium, additional access points are opened to allow for crowd control. It has disability access to both platforms.

All DART services serve the station, as do several South Eastern Commuter (Dublin Connolly to Gorey) and a number of services to Drogheda, Dundalk and Maynooth.

History

The station was adjacent to its namesake Lansdowne Road Stadium before the stadium was demolished in 2007 and replaced on-site by the new Aviva Stadium, which the station now serves.

The station opened on 1 July 1870. It was electrified in 1983 with the arrival of DART services.

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