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 Ireland
Coordinates	53.6790°N 6.2423°W / 53.6790; -6.2423
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Line	Belfast–Dublin line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	LTOWN
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1844
Services
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station Gormanston towards Dublin Connolly or Grand Canal Dock Commuter Northern Commuter Drogheda MacBride towards Dundalk Clarke
Former services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Mosney Line open, station closed   Arrow Northern Arrow   Drogheda MacBride Line and station open
Future services Preceding station Future services Following station Gormanston   DART Line 2 (phase 2)   Drogheda MacBride
Route map 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 This diagram: view talk edit
Location

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.

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.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland