Greystones railway station

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.

Greystones Na Clocha Liatha
Greystones railway station house
General information
Other names	Greystones and Delgany
Location	Church Road, Greystones County Wicklow, A63 H928 Ireland
Coordinates	53.1435°N 6.0606°W / 53.1435; -6.0606
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus operators	Dublin Bus Go-Ahead Ireland
Connections	84N L1 L2 L3 X1 X2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GSTNS, 141
Fare zone	Suburban 5
History
Opened	30 October 1855
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1880	Station renamed Greystones
30 March 1964	Goods services cease
10 April 2000	DART services commence
Location

v t e Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Legend
Belfast–Dublin Main Line Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly   to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge over River Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill & Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove & Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook Bray Daly Greystones Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

v t e Dublin to Rosslare
Legend
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Street railway works Grand Canal Dock Grand Canal Gasworks Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Mallin Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt Street.) 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 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

v t e South Eastern Commuter
Legend
Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart 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 Woodbrook Bray Greystones Kilcoole Wicklow Rathdrum Arklow Gorey Dublin–Rosslare Line

History

The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Greystones & Delgany. It was later renamed Greystones in 1863.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 a café, a ticket office and two electronic ticket machines.^{[citation needed]} Toilets are also available on platform 1. The information office is open 07:00AM to 10:00 AM, Monday to Friday.^{[citation needed]}

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
• 1 train per day to Gorey
• 5 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.

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

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 with routes X1 and X2 at peak times, and Go-Ahead Ireland with routes L1, L2 and L3 that link the station to the surrounding towns. There is also a taxi rank near the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland