Enfield railway station (Ireland)

Enfield railway station (Irish: Stáisiún traenach Bhóthar Buí) serves the town of Enfield in County Meath, Ireland.

Enfield An Bóthar Buí
Location	Station Yard, Enfield, County Meath, A83 FH48 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°24′59″N 6°50′1″W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	ENFLD
Fare zone	D
Key dates
1847	Station opened
1963	Station closed
1988	Station reopens

It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford commuter service and Dublin to Sligo Intercity Service. Passengers change at Maynooth to travel to stations on the Dublin to Maynooth and Dublin to M3 Parkway commuter services.[1]

Description

A water tower exists at the Mullingar end of the station, which is now disused.[2] There is also a passing loop. Although no stations now exist between here and Mullingar, a passing loop remains in use at Killucan, between Enfield and Mullingar.[3]

Within Enfield railway station, there are two Porter's Houses, owned by Cravens and McDonalds. The two houses are owned by the families and leased to C.I.E. The McDonald family worked at Enfield railway station within the signal cabin, the Craven family come from a long tradition of families that worked on the railway and built coaches that ran on the railway.

History

The railway reached Enfield in 1847, when the Midland Great Western Railway opened between Broadstone Station in Dublin and Enfield railway station (opened on 28 June 1847).[4]

Upon the opening of the railway, canal boats ceased all passenger traffic between Dublin and Enfield. Passengers travelling west used the train to Enfield and transferred to the canal in the town. Both the canal and the railway having stop over points in Enfield, this contributed to the development of the area.[5]

The line was extended to Hill of Down by the end of 1847 and to Mullingar in October 1848. In 1877, a branch line from Nesbitt Junction (about 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Enfield) to Edenderry was opened. The Edenderry branch line and Enfield station closed in 1963, although there had been no regular passenger service to Edenderry since 1931.[4]

Passenger services from Enfield resumed in 1988.[4]

A park and ride facility was opened in 2009.[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Irish Rail Printable Timetables". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
2. "Enfield Railway Station, Posseckstown, Enfield, County Meath". www.buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
3. "Killucan". www.eiretrains.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
4. "Irish Railways" (PDF). www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
5. "Enfield History". www.enfieldonline.net. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
6. Finegan, Noelle (29 April 2009). "New car park opens for Enfield rail commuters". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

Dublin-Sligo main line
Year closed Sligo Mac Diarmada Sligo Quay freight terminal 2000 Ballysodare 1963 Ballisodare River Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Rly to Enniskillen 1957 proposed Western Railway Corridor to Limerick 1963 Collooney Ballymote Kilfree Junction 1963 to Ballaghaderreen 1963 Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Drumsna 1963 River Shannon Cavan and Leitrim Railway Dromod Newtown Forbes 1963 Longford Edgeworthstown Street & Rathowen 1963 to Cavan 1959 Inny Junction 1931 Multyfarnham 1963 Clonhugh 1963 The Royal Canal to Athlone 1964 Mullingar Killucan 1963 Hill of Down 1963 River Boyne Moyvalley 1963 to Edenderry 1931 Enfield Ferns Lock 1963 Kilcock Maynooth Blakestown Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey Lucan North 1941 Barberstown Docklands branch to M3 Parkway Clonsilla Porterstown DM (future) Coolmine Coolmine Castleknock Blanchardstown 1937 Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Ashtown Pelletstown (future) Reilly's Bridge 1847 Broombridge Liffey Junction Passengers 1937 Goods 1977 Dublin Broadstone Passengers 1937 Goods 1961 Glasnevin 1910 The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Belfast–Dublin railway line Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Saggart and Tallaght Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Rosslare Europort = Western Commuter

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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

• Irish Rail Enfield Station Website

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Kilcock		InterCity Dublin-Sligo		Mullingar
Kilcock		Commuter Western Commuter		Mullingar
	Disused railways
Kilcock		Midland Great Western Railway Dublin-Galway/Sligo		Moyvalley