Dún Laoghaire railway station

Dún Laoghaire Mallin Stáisiún Dhún Laoghaire/Í Mhealláin
DART 8100 Class at Dún Laoghaire station in 2008
Location	Dun Laoghaire Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°17′42″N 6°08′04″W / 53.2949°N 6.1345°WCoordinates: 53°17′42″N 6°08′04″W / 53.2949°N 6.1345°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	DLERY
Fare zone	Suburban 3
Key dates
1834	Station opens as Kingstown Harbour
1861	Station renamed Kingstown
1921	Station renamed Dún Laoghaire
1966	Station renamed Dún Laoghaire-Mallin
1971	Original station building closed
1997	Current station building opens

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Dún Laoghaire Mallin railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Dhún Laoghaire/Í Mhealláin) is a station in Dún Laoghaire, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

The station has been named Dún Laoghaire-Mallin since 1966, after Michael Mallin, although it is usually referred to simply as Dún Laoghaire. It has two through platforms and one terminal platform and is served by DART services, the South Eastern Commuter line, and InterCity services to Rosslare Europort via Wexford.

Unusually, the station building is on a bridge above the platforms, in a setup similar to Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station. The station has a ticket office, automatic ticket machines and a small coffee shop/smoothie bar. The ticket office is open between 05:45-00:06 AM, Monday to Sunday.

The station is next to Dún Laoghaire Ferryport, for Stena Line services to Holyhead. This service ceased its operations in September 2014.

History

The station was the southern terminus of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway and opened in 1834.^[1] It replaced the original Kingstown Harbour station at the West Pier, close to present-day Salthill and Monkstown railway station, when the line was extended closer to the harbour two years after the opening of the line, the delay being a result of local opposition in Kingstown.^[2]

The earlier Kingstown railway station

Also called Kingstown Harbour, the new station was renamed Kingstown in 1861, renamed Dún Laoghaire in 1921 and received its present name in 1966.^[1]

Although it lay on a double track railway for over ninety years Dun Laoghaire station had only one through platform with a bay platform facing Dublin, both on the seaward side of the station. The station lay on a short section of single line that ran from just north of the station, to just past the junction for the branch to Carlisle Pier, which was controlled by a signal box known as the 'Hole in the Wall Box.' This arrangement created a bottle neck for intensive steam-hauled suburban services to/from Bray. It was not until 1957 that CIE remedied the situation by providing a second through platform. Further improvements were carried out in connection with the introduction of DART electric trains in 1984.

Mileages to Holyhead.

The original station building was replaced in 1854^[3] by a new structure in a neo-classical style, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.^[2] This was the station building until 1971, when the current arrangement was introduced. Mulvany's building is now Hartley's restaurant.

Stena Line fast ferry departure to Holyhead.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

A Great Northern Railway (I) locomotive GNRI Class U crossing over the Level crossing from the Pier station.

References

1. Stephen Johnson (1997). Johnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland. Midland Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85780-044-3.
2. Peter Pearson (1981). Dun Laoghaire Kingstown. O'Brien Press. ISBN 0-905140-83-4.
3. "Former Railway Station". Archiseek. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

External links

• Irish Rail Dún Laoghaire Station Website

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Dublin Pearse		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare		Bray Daly
Blackrock		Commuter South Eastern Commuter		Bray Daly
Blackrock		Commuter Northern Commuter Peak times only		Bray Daly
		Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch) Peak times only
Salthill & Monkstown		DART Trans-Dublin		Sandycove & Glasthule or Terminus
	Future
Salthill & Monkstown		DART Line 1		Sandycove & Glasthule or Terminus
	Disused railways
	Ferry services
Terminus		Stena Line (1996-2014) Ferry		Holyhead