Hansfield railway station

Hansfield railway station is a railway station on the Dublin Docklands to M3 Parkway commuter service serving the communities of Ongar, Barnwell and Clonee, located within walking distance from Ongar village.

Hansfield Páirc Hans
Location	Station Road, Hansfield, Dublin 15 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53.3871°N 6.4421°W / 53.3871; -6.4421
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	HAFLD
Fare zone	Suburban 2
Key dates
28 June 2013	Station opens

Services at Hansfield Train station and Green Line LUAS interchange station

Luas Green Line
Dublin–Sligo line westbound Broombridge Dublin–Sligo line eastbound Depot Cabra Phibsborough Grangegorman Broadstone – DIT Dominick Parnell O'Connell Upper O'Connell - GPO Marlborough Red Line Abbey Street O'Connell Bridge │ River Liffey │ Rosie Hackett Bridge Westmoreland Trinity Dawson St Stephen's Green Harcourt Grand Canal Charlemont Ranelagh Beechwood Cowper Milltown River Dodder Windy Arbour Dundrum Balally Kilmacud Stillorgan Sandyford Depot Central Park M50 Glencairn The Gallops Leopardstown Valley Ballyogan Wood M50 Racecourse (unused) Carrickmines Brennanstown (unused) Laughanstown Cherrywood Wyattville Link Road Brides Glen

In 2017, the extension of the Green Line through the City Centre to Broombridge was opened [1], this has allowed commuters to use Hansfield railway station to reach both the City Centre or southside dublin areas such as Dundrum and Sandyford[2].

The station is served by 45 trains daily, and offers a typical journey time of 25 minutes to/from Docklands railway station at peak.[3]

From Ongar, passengers can walk directly to Hansfield train station and travel to Docklands, Broombridge, Ashtown, Navan Road Parkway, Castleknock, and Coolmine at peak times Monday to Friday only. Direct travel is possible to Clonsilla, Dunboyne and M3 Parkway on services 7 days a week.

The Luas Broombridge interchange station is the northside Dublin terminus of the Luas Green Line. Trams operate from Broombridge through Dublin City Centre to the South side terminus in Sandyford.

Passengers transfer at Clonsilla:

• to travel at non peak times (including Saturday and Sunday) towards Dublin city centre.
• to travel to Maynooth and both Leixlip stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to Sligo.
• to travel to Drumcondra. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.

History

The station was due to open as part of the first phase of the line's reinstatement to passenger services in 2010, and would serve the planned Strategic Development Zone for the area, which will see up to 3,000 new housing units built.[4]

When the railway line was opened in September 2010 as planned, Hansfield remained closed owing to road access not being completed.[5] In 2011, funding was provided for this road.[6]

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar announced on 25 April 2012 that Hansfield station would open once the access road was in place. Iarnród Éireann took possession of land to proceed and completed a tender process for completion of road in late 2012.[7] Construction crews arrived on site at the end of November.

Hansfield Station opened on Friday 28 June 2013.[8]

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Hansfield-Station/Dundrum-Luas-Stop
3. Hansfield Station opened on Friday 28 June
4. Hansfield Strategic Development Zone
5. Rail station not to open until it has road link - Irish Times 03/09/10
6. Station McGuinness featured on Hansfield train station opening Archived 28 July 2012 at Archive.today
7. http://www.leovaradkar.ie/?p=1530#more-1530 Leo Varadkar press announcement Hansfield
8. Dublin railway station opens after three year delay, RTÉ News, 28 June 2013, retrieved 28 June 2013.

External links

• Irish Rail Hansfield Station Website
• Hansfield opening day from photo website of 'The Wanderer'

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Clonsilla		Commuter Western Commuter (Dunboyne Branch)		Dunboyne
	Future
Clonsilla		DART (Dunboyne Branch)		Dunboyne