Tara Street railway station

Not to be confused with Tara Station.

Tara Street (Irish: Sráid na Teamhrach) is a railway station in central Dublin, Ireland. It is adjacent to the Loopline Bridge on George's Quay.

Tara Street Sráid na Teamhrach
DART 8520 Class EMU (8625) at Tara Street Station
General information
Other names	Tara Street & George's Quay
Location	Tara Street, Dublin 2, D02 WK19 Ireland
Coordinates	53.34676°N 6.25414°W / 53.34676; -6.25414
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus routes	22
Bus operators	Dublin Bus, Martley’s Go-Ahead Ireland JJ Kavanaghs
Connections	47 52 60 65 65B 824 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 P29 X25 X26 X27 X28 X30 X31 X32 126 736
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	TARA
Fare zone	Suburban 1
Key dates
1 May 1891 (1891-05-01)	Station opens
1976	Station refurbished
1983	Station upgraded
Iarnród Éireann CIÉ IÉ railway stations

The Loopline Viaduct beside Tara Street

Tara Street sign, (Irish: Sráid na Teamhrach)

It mainly services DART trains and longer distance commuter trains. Commuter services operate to (1) Maynooth and the western suburbs, (2) Balbriggan, Newry, Drogheda and Dundalk on the former GNR(I) main line, (3) Gorey and Rosslare Europort and (4) Hazelhatch, Celbridge and Newbridge, through the Phoenix Park Tunnel.

South Eastern Commuter
Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (planned) Bray Greystones Kilcoole Wicklow Rathdrum Arklow Gorey Dublin–Rosslare Line

Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Belfast–Dublin Main Line Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly   to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge over River Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill & Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove & Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (under construction) Bray Daly Greystones Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

Description

The station has two through platforms above street level with ticket areas and a retail outlet at street level. The platform retaining walls, the stairwells and canopies were originally timber planking but upgraded to include escalators and fibreglass panels in the 1970s and 1980s.

More recent changes have seen new stairwells installed and platforms lengthened to reflect the increasing throughput. There are proposals to build in the airspace above the station and adjacent property has been acquired for this purpose.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1891.

It is on the 'Loop Line' which was constructed towards the end of the 19th century by the City of Dublin Junction Railway, connecting the Dublin & Kingstown terminus at Westland Row (now Pearse Station) and Amiens St (now Connolly Station) on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), and linked into the Midland Great Western freight line, thus joining up all the main railways in Dublin.

City centre resignalling

The completion of the Irish Rail City Centre re-signalling project has seen an:

• Increase in the number of Northern and Maynooth line suburban trains stopping at Tara street.
• Trains from Newbridge also serving Tara Street station.

This has been made possible by increasing the ability of the signalling system in the city centre to operate 20 trains per hour in both directions instead of 8.

The project began in March 2015 and was commissioned on 17 July 2016.

Redevelopment

In March 2015, the CIÉ group placed a tender to find a new property development partner for development at Tara Street. The resulting partner, Tanat Ltd, was formed in July 2015 and a resulting plan proposed a €130-million development for an office block of 22 levels. In May 2017, Irish property developer Johnny Ronan announced that he would submit plans to Dublin City Council an 88-metre (289 ft) tower which proposed office space, a hotel, bar, and restaurant. The plan was rejected by Dublin City Council in July 2017, a decision upheld by An Bord Pleanála in March 2018.

In April 2019, An Bord Pleanála approved the plans for a 22-storey tower. Site clearance began in July 2019 but, as of 2024, construction still had not started.

Proposals

In March 2018, the National Transport Authority (Ireland) (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) announced the Metrolink underground Metro project preferred routing and stations. This plan proposed an underground metro station underneath Tara Street railway station.

Services

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Dublin Connolly		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare		Dublin Pearse
Dublin Connolly		Commuter Northern Commuter (Peak times only)		Dublin Pearse
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter
Dublin Connolly		Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch) (Peak times only)		Dublin Pearse
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		DART
	Proposed
Preceding station		Dublin Metro		Following station
O'Connell Street		Metrolink		St Stephen's Green

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

Dublin to Rosslare
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Street railway works Grand Canal Dock Grand Canal Gasworks Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Mallin Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt St.) Woodbrook Halt 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

External links

• Irish Rail Tara Street station webpage