Docklands Station (Stáisiún Dugthailte) is a terminus railway station serving the Dublin Docklands area in Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and planned as part of the Government Transport 21 initiative.

Docklands Dugthailte
The station building as seen from Sheriff St, 23 March 2007.
General information
Location	Sheriff Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 XK74 Ireland
Coordinates	53.350628°N 6.239355°W / 53.350628; -6.239355
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1 (Island)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	DCKLS
Fare zone	Suburban 1
Key dates
12 March 2007	Station opens
Passengers
2018	1,500 daily[1]

The island platform station is one of three termini for the Western Commuter service run by Iarnród Éireann. The others being Dublin Connolly and Dublin Pearse.

Services

v t e Western Commuter
Legend
Dublin–Sligo Line Longford Edgeworthstown Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfield (serves Ongar) Clonsilla Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Pelletstown Broombridge to Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone ( closed 1937 ) The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

Services run to M3 Parkway during peak times Monday to Friday only. The station is closed Saturday and Sunday. Passengers need to change at Clonsilla for connection with the Maynooth service.

Transport links

The Luas Red Line does not directly connect with Docklands Station. Instead, commuters have to walk approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) via an indirect route to Spencer Dock Luas stop or to Mayor Square - NCI Luas stop. The Luas line gives a direct connection to Busáras Bus station and Dublin Heuston.

The station is linked to the city centre by Dublin Bus route 151.[2]

History

The station was officially opened for commuter services by then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at a temporary location on Sheriff Street in the North Wall area of Dublin's Northside on 12 March 2007,[3] construction groundbreaking having taken place on 9 March 2006[4] with Transport Minister Martin Cullen. It is the first new heavy rail station in Dublin city centre since Grand Canal Dock opened in 2001. It was required because the nearby Connolly Station had reached capacity and could not support additional commuter services to County Meath.

However, in March 2008, it was reported that the transport minister, Noel Dempsey, would allow CIÉ to seek new planning permission to keep the station on a permanent basis as a terminus for services from Maynooth and Navan following his decision to allow the Railway Procurement Agency to use Broadstone Station for extensions to the Luas.[5]

Proposals

The station was to move to a permanent location in the Spencer Dock site as part of the DART Underground plan under the government's Transport 21 initiative. Planning conditions attached to the temporary site stated that it had to be removed by May 2016,[6] however permanent permission was obtained in time to avoid this.[7]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Docklands railway station.

• List of railway stations in Ireland
• Rail transport in Ireland
• Dublin Suburban Rail

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Terminus		Commuter Western Commuter (Docklands Branch)		Broombridge

References

External links

• Irish Rail Docklands Station website
• Irish Rail DART Underground Project Website
• Dublin Docklands Transport Map
• Comment on suitability of Docklands Station
• Eiretrains - Docklands Station