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Greystones railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na gCloch Liath) is a railway station in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is the southern terminus of the DART electrified rail network.
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Location | Church Road, Greystones, County Wicklow, A63 H928 Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°W |
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
Platforms | 2 |
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Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Accessible | Yes |
Other information | |
Station code | GSTNS, 141 |
Fare zone | Suburban 5 |
History | |
Original company | Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway |
Pre-grouping | Dublin and South Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways |
Key dates | |
30 October 1855 | Station opens as Greystones and Delgany |
1880 | Station renamed Greystones |
30 March 1964 | Goods services cease |
10 April 2000 | DART services commence |
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History
editThe station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Greystones & Delgany. It was later renamed Greystones in 1863.[1]
Construction of the electrification and extension of the DART services to Greystones began in 1995 and was completed in 1999. The DART service to Greystones commenced on 10 April 2000.[2]
Facilities and services
editThe station has two platforms; platform 1 on the west side of the station (where the station building is located) and platform 2 over the footbridge on the east side of the station. Platform 2 is used only a few times a day, when DART and InterCity services are in the station at the same time. There are also sidings to the east of the station.
Entrance to the station building is only possible from Church Road. The station houses a café, a ticket office and two electronic ticket machines.[citation needed] Toilets are also available on platform 1. The information office is open 07:00AM to 10:00 AM, Monday to Friday.[citation needed]
DART services serve the station, as do all South Eastern Commuter (Dublin Connolly to Gorey) and Intercity (Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort) services.
The typical service from the station (Monday to Friday off-peak) is:
- 2 trains per hour to Howth or Malahide via Bray Daly and Dublin Connolly
- 4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
- 1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow
- 1 train per day to Gorey
- 5 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (services from south of Greystones)
- 1 train per day to Dundalk.
2 trains per hour also terminate at the station.
Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann | Following station | ||
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Bray Daly | InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line |
Kilcoole or Wicklow | ||
Commuter South Eastern Commuter |
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Bray Daly | DART |
Terminus | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Bray Cove Halt Line open, station closed |
Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Wexford |
Kilcool Line and station open |
Bus services
editThere are two bus stops directly outside the station on Church Road, one for northbound routes and the other for southbound. Operators serving the station include Dublin Bus route 84, Go-Ahead Ireland route 184, Aircoach and the Finnegan Bray Night Bus. There is also a taxi rank near the station.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "GREYSTONES RAILWAY STATION". rathdown.wicklowheritage.org. Greystones Tidy Towns. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Travel by Rail". greystones.ie. Retrieved 10 November 2023.