Greystones railway station

Greystones

Na Clocha Liatha
Greystones; Na Clocha Liatha
	DART 8500 Class at Greystones
Location	Church Road, Greystones, County Wicklow, A63 H928; Ireland
Coordinates	53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°WCoordinates: 53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	84; 84a; 84n; 84x; 184; 702;
Bus operators	Dublin Bus; Go-Ahead Ireland; Aircoach; ;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTNS, 141
Fare zone	Suburban 5
History
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
30 October 1855	Station opens as Greystones and Delgany
1880	Station renamed Greystones
30 March 1964	Goods services cease
10 April 2000	DART services commence

Dublin Area
Rapid Transit

Legend

Sutton

Howth Junction
& Donaghmede

Fairview Depot

Dublin Connolly

to Dublin Heuston

to The Point

over River Liffey

Salthill and Monkstown

Dún Laoghaire Mallin

Sandycove and Glasthule

(planned)

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.

Facilities and services[]

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. There are also sidings to the east of the station.

Entrance to the station building is only possible from Church Road. The station houses one retail unit, currently occupied by a café (previously 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.

DART services serve the station, as do all South Eastern Commuter (Dublin Connolly to Gorey) and Intercity (Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort) services.

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
4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow
4 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (services from south of Greystones)
1 train per day to Dundalk.

2 trains per hour also terminate at 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 in 1863.

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.

Bus services[]

There are two bus stops directly outside the station on Church Road, one for northbound routes and the other for southbound. Operators serving the station include Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland, Aircoach and the Finnegan Bray Night Bus. There is also a taxi rank near the station.

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann	Following station
Bray Daly		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line	Kilcoole or Wicklow
Bray Daly		Commuter South Eastern Commuter	Kilcoole or Wicklow
Bray Daly		DART Trans-Dublin	Terminus
	Disused railways
Bray Cove Halt Line open, station closed		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare	Kilcool Line and station open

References[]

^ "Greystones and Delgany station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2008.