Drumcondra railway station

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.

Drumcondra Droim Conrach
Commuter 29000 Class at Drumcondra Station
Location	30 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, D09 H0V5 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53.3631°N 6.2585°W / 53.3631; -6.2585
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	DCDRA
Fare zone	Suburban 1
History
Opened	1901
Closed	1910
Rebuilt	1998
Pre-grouping	MGWR
Key dates
1 April 1901	Station opens
1 December 1910	Station closed
2 March 1998	Station reopened

Western Commuter
Dublin–Sligo Line Longford Edgeworthstown Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfield (serves Ongar) Docklands branch Clonsilla Porterstown DM (future) Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Pelletstown (under construction) Broombridge to Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone ( closed 1937 ) Glasnevin DM (future) The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght/Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

It serves Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland and is the nearest railway station for Croke Park. 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[3] 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.

Dublin Metro

Drumcondra was planned as an interchange stop[4] on the proposed Metro North line of the Dublin Metro.[5]

In March 2018, after the revised plans of the new Dublin Metro, Metrolink, it is now proposed that the Metro will link up with a new station, Glasnevin, on the Western Commuter line, one stop east from Drumcondra.[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland
• Rail transport in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Drumcondra Station Website

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Dublin Connolly		InterCity Dublin-Sligo		Maynooth
Dublin Connolly		Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch)		Broombridge
Dublin Connolly		Commuter South Western Commuter (City Branch)		Park West and Cherry Orchard
	Future
Dublin Connolly		Commuter South Western Commuter (City Branch)		Glasnevin
Dublin Connolly		Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch)		Glasnevin
Dublin Connolly		DART Line 1		Glasnevin

References

1. http://www.irishrail.ie/drumcondra Irish Rail Drumcondra Station Website
2. http://www.dublinbus.ie Dublin Bus
3. "Drumcondra station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
4. Metro North - Drumcondra Station Plans Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. Metro West Emerging proposed route Archived March 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
6. http://data.tii.ie/metrolink/metrolink-nta-tii-public-consultation-document.pdf