Drumcondra

Droim Chonrach
Iarnród Éireann
Commuter 29000 Class at Drumcondra Station
General information
Location30 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9, D09 H0V5
Ireland
Coordinates53°21′47″N 6°15′31″W / 53.3631°N 6.2585°W / 53.3631; -6.2585
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeDCDRA
Fare zoneSuburban 1
History
Opened1901
Closed1910
Rebuilt1998
Pre-groupingMGWR
Key dates
1 April 1901Station opens
1 December 1910Station closed
2 March 1998Station reopened
Western Commuter
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
Luas
to Liffey Junction
& Dublin Broadstone
(
closed
1937
)
The Royal Canal
Phoenix Park Tunnel
to Dublin Heuston
Drumcondra
Docklands
(Luas Spencer Dock)
The Royal Canal
 Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
Loopline Bridge
 Tara Street
 Dublin Pearse

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.

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, 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.

Proposals

Drumcondra was considered as a potential interchange stop[3] on the proposed Metro North line of the Dublin Metro.[4] However, following publication of revised plans for MetroLink in 2018, it was proposed that it would link up with a new station at Glasnevin, west of Drumcondra.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Irish Rail - Drumcondra Station webpage". irishrail.ie. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "dublinbus.ie". Dublin Bus. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Metro North - Drumcondra Station Plans" (PDF). dublinmetronorth.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Metro West Emerging proposed route". transport21.ie. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "MetroLink NTA TII Public Consultation Document" (PDF). tii.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2018.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drumcondra railway station.
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Dublin Connolly   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo (peak times)		   Maynooth
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch)		   Broombridge
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
South Western Commuter (City Branch)		   Park West and
Cherry Orchard
  Proposed  
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
South Western Commuter (City Branch)		   Glasnevin
Dublin Connolly   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch)		   Glasnevin
Dublin Connolly   DART
Line 1		   Glasnevin
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