Laytown railway station

Laytown railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na hInse) serves Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland.

Laytown An Inse
General information
Location	Laytown, County Meath, A92 H102 Ireland
Coordinates	53.6790°N 6.2423°W / 53.6790; -6.2423
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	LTOWN
Fare zone	C
Key dates
1844	Station opened
Iarnród Éireann CIÉ IÉ railway stations
Location Laytown Location within Ireland

It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly Laytown races.

History

A Great Northern Railway (Ireland) locomotive Slieve Gullion, on a special run by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in May 1985, heading through the station.

v t e Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line United Kingdom Ireland border Dundalk Clarke to Navan (freight only) Drogheda MacBride Laytown Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

The station opened on 25 May 1844^[1] and was renamed by the Great Northern Railway as Laytown & Bettystown in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.

Services

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Gormanston		Commuter Northern Commuter		Drogheda MacBride
	Future
Gormanston		DART Line 2 (phase 2)		Drogheda MacBride
	Disused railways
Mosney Line open, station closed		Arrow Northern Arrow		Drogheda MacBride Line and station open

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland