Skerries railway station

Skerries railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na Sceirí) serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.

Skerries Na Sceirí
View of the station from the north end of platform 1.
General information
Location	Station Road, Skerries, County Dublin, K34 CF63 Ireland
Coordinates	53.574°N 6.119°W / 53.574; -6.119
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	SKRES
Fare zone	Suburban 4
History
Opened	25 May 1844 (1844-05-25)
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Rush & Lusk   Commuter Northern Commuter   Balbriggan   Future   Rush and Lusk   DART Line 2   Balbriggan

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

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844 and has continuously served passengers since, but has been closed for freight purposes since 2 December 1974.

Description

The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station, with a footbridge connecting the platforms. An underpass was open for passenger use, but was permanently closed on Wednesday, 31 August 2016. Platform 1 runs mostly to the south, while platform 2 runs mostly to the north. The station is 1.6 kilometres from the Martello tower on Red Island, and 8 kilometres from Rockabill lighthouse.

Services

Irish Rail's Commuter service, operated by the IE 29000 and 22000 Class DMU fleets, is the only service that stops at the station. Other trains that pass through include the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise service, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by IE 071 class trains, and out of service transfer intercity trains, which primarily use IE 22000 DMU class trains.

Proposed expansion

As part of Project Ireland 2040, the DART is proposed to be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush & Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

Bibliography

• Ayres, Bob (2003). "Irish Railway Station Dates" (PDF). Irish Railway Record Society.

View north from Platform 1 depicting the brake house on Platform 2.

External links

• Eiretrains - Skerries Station