Greystones railway station

Greystones Na Clocha Liatha
DART 8500 Class at Greystones
Location	Greystones Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°W / 53.1435; -6.0606Coordinates: 53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°W / 53.1435; -6.0606
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTNS, 141
Fare zone	Suburban 6
Key dates
30 October 1855	Station opens
30 March 1964	Goods services cease
10 April 2000	DART services commence

Dublin to Rosslare Line
Legend
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Line Dublin–Sligo line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line (to Dublin Heuston) Luas Red Line (to The Point) Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion Gates 1934 Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney 1882 Killiney Ballybrack 1863 Ballybrack 1882 Shankill Harcourt Street line Woodbrook 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 Wicklow Rathnew 1964 Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Shillelagh branch line Woodenbridge Junction 1964 M11 motorway Arklow County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South 1977 Limerick–Rosslare line Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

Trans-Dublin
Legend
Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction and Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Bray Daly Greystones

Greystones railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na gCloch Liath) is a railway station in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is the southern terminus of the DART electrified rail network. The station has two platforms. There are also sidings to the east of the station.

History

The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Greystones & Delgany.^[1] It was later renamed Greystones.

Construction of the electrification and extension of the DART services to Greystones began in 1995 and was completed in 1999. The DART service to Greystones commenced on 10 April 2000.

Station Building

Entrance to the station building is only possible from the Main Street. The station houses one retail unit, currently occupied by an estate agent, a ticket office and two electronic ticket machines. Toilets are also available on Platform 1. The ticket office is open between 07:00 -10:00 AM, Monday to Friday.

Platforms

The station has two platforms; platform 1 on the west side of the station (where the station building is located) and platform 2 over the footbridge on the east side of the station. Platform 2 is used only a few times a day, when DART and InterCity services are in the station at the same time.

Services/Routes

The typical service from the station (Monday to Friday off-peak) is:

• 2 trains per hour to Howth or Malahide via Bray Daly and Dublin Connolly
• 5 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
• 1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow
• 6 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (services from south of Greystones)

2 trains per hour also terminate at the station.

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Bray Daly		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line		Kilcoole
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter
Bray Daly		DART Trans-Dublin		Terminus
	Future
Bray Daly		DART Line 1		Terminus
	Disused railways
Bray Cove Halt		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Kilcoole & Newtownmountkennedy

Road Transport

There are two bus stops directly outside the station, one for northbound routes and the other for southbound. Two operators serve the station; Aircoach operate a route to Dublin Airport from Charlesland, while Dublin Bus route's 84 and 84x to Newcastle and Blackrock and route 184 to Bray, Delgany, Kilpedder and Newtownmountkennedy also serve the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail Greystones Station Website