Laytown railway station

Laytown railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na hInse) serves Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland.

Laytown An Inse
General information
Location	Laytown, County Meath, A92 H102 Ireland
Coordinates	53.6790°N 6.2423°W / 53.6790; -6.2423
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	LTOWN
Fare zone	C
Key dates
1844	Station opened
Iarnród Éireann CIÉ IÉ railway stations
Location Laytown Location within Ireland

It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly Laytown races.

History

A Great Northern Railway (Ireland) locomotive Slieve Gullion, on a special run by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in May 1985, heading through the station.

Northern Commuter
Belfast–Dublin line Newry ( one early-am weekday trip ) United Kingdom Ireland border Dundalk Clarke to Navan (freight only) Drogheda MacBride Laytown Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

The station opened on 25 May 1844 and was renamed by the Great Northern Railway as Laytown & Bettystown in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.

Services

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Gormanston		Commuter Northern Commuter		Drogheda MacBride
	Future
Gormanston		DART Line 2 (phase 2)		Drogheda MacBride
	Disused railways
Mosney Line open, station closed		Arrow Northern Arrow		Drogheda MacBride Line and station open

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Laytown Station Website
• Eiretrains - Laytown Station