Ashtown railway station

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Ashtown

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Ashtown Station looking East in 2007
General information
LocationAshtown Road, Ashtown, Dublin 15, D15 EH48
Ireland
Coordinates 53°22′31″N6°19′56″W / 53.3753°N 6.3323°W / 53.3753; -6.3323
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeASHTN
Fare zone Suburban 1
Key dates
28 July 1847Station opens as private stop
1902Station opens fully
1934Station closes
29 September 1979Station reopens temporarily
30 September 1979Station closes
11 January 1982Station reopens

Ashtown is a commuter railway station in Fingal, Ireland on the Dublin Connolly to Maynooth and Docklands to M3 Parkway commuter services.

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It serves Ashtown, Dublin, Ireland and is near the Ashtown roundabout on the Navan Road (R147). [1]

Navan Road Parkway (formerly Phoenix Park) opened nearby in 2008 but does not replace Ashtown. A major grade-separated junction was built on the R147 to provide access to Navan Road Parkway.

The ticket office is open from 06:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday. It is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

History

The station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1847 for race specials at the now-demolished Phoenix Park Racecourse. It opened fully on 1 August 1902. Absorbed into the Great Southern Railways by way of the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924 (SI no. 31 of that year), the station closed in 1934.

The line through the station was then nationalised, passing on to Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944 [2] which took effect from 1 January 1945. Under this management, it reopened briefly in 1979 for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in order to facilitate the large numbers who attended the open-air mass in the Phoenix Park and reopened permanently on 11 January 1982. It passed on to Iarnród Éireann in 1987.

The footbridge came from Midleton on the Youghal line.

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References

  1. "Ashtown Station". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007.
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