Dunshaughlin railway station

Dunshaughlin railway station is a proposed railway station intended to serve the town of Dunshaughlin in County Meath.

Dublin to Navan Line
Year
closed
DART Line 2
Docklands
( Spencer Dock)
Drumcondra
Dublin Broadstone
1937
Liffey Junction
1937
Broombridge
Ashtown
Navan Road Parkway
Castleknock
Coolmine
Clonsilla
Hansfield
Dunboyne
M3 Parkway
Phase 1
Phase 2
Batterstown
1947
Drumree
1947
Dunshaughlin
planned
Kilmessan Junction
1947
Kilmessan
planned
Trim
1947
Athboy
1947
Bective
1947
Navan Central
planned
Navan Junction
1958
Tara Mine
Navan North
planned
Gibbstown
1947
Wilkinstown
1947
Nobber
1947
Kilmainham Wood
1947
Gypsum Industries
2001
Kingscourt
2001

The station had been planned to be built as part of the second phase of reinstatement of the Clonsilla-Navan line. However, as of 2012, these plans were deferred due to the reduction in the Exchequer capital investment programme.[1] Dunshauglin was intended to be the first station on the Phase 2 section of the route, after the M3 Parkway park and ride station. The proposed route plans include 34 km of railway line, with stations at Dunshaughlin, Kilmessan, Navan town centre and a further station on the northern edge of Navan.

Location

The route for Phase 2 was not to be finalised until March 2009;[2] it was intended that for the most part it would follow the disused route to Navan. However, there was debate over the location of Dunshauglin station. Iarnród Éireann, the Irish rail operator, favoured the existing route, which carries the railway line approximately 1.5 km to the west of the town, on the other side of the Dunshauglin interchange of the M3 motorway. A group of local developers in County Meath expressed a preference to see the railway line realigned to the east, putting the station within walking distance of the town, then proceeding via a bridge over the motorway back to the original rail alignment.[3]

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
  Future  
M3 Parkway   Commuter
Western Commuter
(Dublin-Navan)
  Kilmessan

References

  1. "Irish Rail Navan Railway Line - General Information". Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. Final decision on Dunshaughlin station site due in March Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine - navanrailwayproject.com, 20/10/08
  3. Plan unveiled to re-route rail line to Dunshaughlin Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine - Meath Chronicle, 17/09/08


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