Skerries railway station

Railway station in County Dublin, Ireland

53°34′26″N 6°07′08″W / 53.574°N 6.119°W / 53.574; -6.119Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeSKRESFare zoneSuburban 4HistoryOpened25 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

Legend

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

DART Howth Branch

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght or Saggart

to Bray and Rosslare Europort

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

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844, it is still open for passengers but closed for freight on 2 December 1974.^[1]

Description

The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station. There is a footbridge connecting the platforms.^[2] An underpass was open, but was closed permanently on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Platform 1 runs mostly south, while platform 2 runs mostly north. The middle of the footbridge is 1 mile from the Martello tower on Red Island and 8 km from Rockabill lighthouse

Services

The commuter train is the only train that stops at the station. The fleet class is the IE 29000 DMU. The only other trains that pass the station are the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by IE 071 class trains, and an out of service transfer intercity train, which 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.^{[citation needed]}