Drumcondra railway station
Drumcondra is a railway station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford and Grand Canal Dock to Newbridge commuter services.[1] Almost all Sligo and Longford to Dublin services stop at Drumcondra.
Drumcondra Droim Conrach  | |
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 Commuter 29000 Class at Drumcondra Station | |
| Location | 30 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, D09 H0V5 Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53.3631°N 6.2585°W |
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
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| Station code | DCDRA |
| Fare zone | Suburban 1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1901 |
| Closed | 1910 |
| Rebuilt | 1998 |
| Pre-grouping | MGWR |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1901 | Station opens |
| 1 December 1910 | Station closed |
| 2 March 1998 | Station reopened |
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It serves Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland and is the nearest railway station for Croke Park and Tolka Park sports venues. It is elevated with just the entrance on the main Drumcondra road.
The ticket office is open from 07:00 AM to 23:30 PM, Monday to Sunday.
Directly outside station is a bus stop with connections to Dublin Airport and Swords (Dublin Bus stop 17).[2]
History
The station initially opened on 1 April 1901 but closed on 1 December 1910[3] with the termination of Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station) to Amiens Street (now Connolly Station) services. Part of the original building was demolished in late 1918.
It reopened on 2 March 1998 as a station on the Maynooth/Longford commuter line.
Dublin Metro
Drumcondra was planned as an interchange stop[4] on the proposed Metro North line of the Dublin Metro.[5]
In March 2018, after the revised plans of the new Dublin Metro, Metrolink, it is now proposed that the Metro will link up with a new station, Glasnevin, on the Western Commuter line, one stop west from Drumcondra.[6]
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drumcondra railway station. |
References
- http://www.irishrail.ie/drumcondra Irish Rail Drumcondra Station Website
- http://www.dublinbus.ie Dublin Bus
- "Drumcondra station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- Metro North - Drumcondra Station Plans Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Metro West Emerging proposed route Archived March 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- http://data.tii.ie/metrolink/metrolink-nta-tii-public-consultation-document.pdf
