Malahide railway station

Malahide Mhullach Íde
Northern Commuter train (29000 Class) entering Malahide station in 2014
Location	Malahide Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°27′03″N 6°09′23″W / 53.4508°N 6.1564°WCoordinates: 53°27′03″N 6°09′23″W / 53.4508°N 6.1564°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	MHIDE
Fare zone	Suburban 3
Key dates
1844	Station opens

Trans-Dublin
Legend
Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction and Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Bray Daly Greystones

Malahide railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Mhullach Íde) serves Malahide in Fingal (formerly north County Dublin).

Services

Malahide is both a terminus on the DART system and a station on Northern Commuter services.

Description

The station is staffed between 05:45-00:30 AM, Monday to Sunday and platform 1 (the eastern or southbound platform) is fully accessible. Platform 2 (the western or northbound platform) can be accessed by a footbridge (with lifts) from platform 1 or via steps to the public road.^[1]

Bus links

Dublin Bus route 102 links the station to Dublin Airport, Sutton railway station and parts of Malahide.In October 2013 a shuttle bus linking various areas of the town to the station was introduced. Numbered route 842, it operates in the morning and evening peaks Mondays to Fridays inclusive.The service was temporarily suspended at the start of January 2014.^[2][3]

History

It was built by George Papworth for the Dublin and Drogheda Railway and opened on 25 May 1844.^[4]

Goods services were withdrawn in December 1974.^[4] In 2009, Malahide became the temporary terminus of all direct services from Dublin as a consequence of the collapse of the Broadmeadow viaduct.

Footbridge at Malahide Station connecting platform 1 and platform 2

The main station building

CIÉ 2600 Class (6107) push-pull commuter train arrives at Malahide in 1983 on its way to Dublin Pearse

A 29000 Class (29003) DMU on a Northern Commuter service to Drogheda

Viaduct

The Broadmeadow Viaduct is 164m long and is the most noticeable part of the Malahide Estuary.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Portmarnock		Commuter Northern Commuter		Donabate
		DART Trans-Dublin		Terminus

External links

• Irish Rail Malahide Station Website
• Eiretrains - Malahide Station

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/Guide%20for%20Rail%20Passengers%20with%20Disabilities.pdf
2. http://www.northcountyleader.ie/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=14914:official-launch-of-malahide-shuttle-bus&Itemid=113
3. http://www.malahideshuttle.ie
4. "Malahide station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-03.