Clontarf Road railway station

Clontarf Road railway station (Irish: Bóthar Chluain Tarbh) is a railway station in Dublin, Ireland, on the DART commuter rail line.

Clontarf Road

Bóthar Chluain Tarbh
DART 8100 Class (8139) at Clontarf Road Station in 2008
LocationClontarf Road, Dublin 3, D03 K6E8
Ireland
Coordinates53.3631°N 6.2270°W / 53.3631; -6.2270
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Tracks3 (At Platforms)
5 (Total)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeCTARF
Fare zoneSuburban 1
Key dates
1 September 1997Station opens
Dublin Area
Rapid Transit
Malahide
Portmarnock
Clongriffin
Howth
Sutton
Bayside
Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
Kilbarrack
Raheny
Harmonstown
Killester
Clontarf Road
Fairview Depot
Dublin Connolly
 
to Dublin Heuston
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
Grand Canal Dock
Lansdowne Road
Sandymount
Sydney Parade
Merrion
(planned)
Booterstown
Blackrock
Seapoint
Salthill and Monkstown
Dún Laoghaire Mallin
Sandycove and Glasthule
Glenageary
Dalkey
Killiney
Shankill
Woodbrook
(planned)
Bray Daly
Greystones

Location

It is located at the south-western end of Clontarf Road on Dublin's Northside, on the border between Clontarf and Fairview, and serves people living and working in those areas, as well as Marino and East Wall. The station is situated just north of Fairview DART depot. It was built to serve the densely populated areas about, and also East Point Business Park and was opened on 1 September 1997. The station has a car park and is served by a shuttle to the East Point Business Park; it is also the terminus of the 104 bus operated by Go-Ahead Ireland (formerly by Dublin Bus, which runs hourly to DCU via Beaumont Hospital

The ticket office is open between 05:45 to 19:45, Monday to Sunday. Part of the car park at the station is rented out to Westwood Fitness Club.

Previous station for area

The area was last served by the old Clontarf Station, almost a half a mile (nearly 1 kilometre) north on the line. The remnants of that station can still be seen at the rail bridge over Howth Road, halfway between the start of that road and Killester village centre. This original Clontarf station was opened on 25 May 1844 and finally closed on 3 September 1956.[1]

The car park at Clontarf Road Station

See also

References

  1. "Clontarf station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Killester   DART
Trans-Dublin
  Dublin Connolly
  Future  
Killester   DART
Line 2
  Docklands
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