Woodbrook railway station

Woodbrook DART Station (Irish: Stáisiún DART Shruthán na Coille)^[1] is a station serving the DART line in the Shanganagh area of Dublin, Ireland.^[2] Construction of the new DART station started in November 2023,^[3] with the station officially opening on 10 August 2025.^[4][5]

Woodbrook Sruthán na Coille
Woodbrook DART station
General information
Location	Ireland
Coordinates	53.2183°N 6.1094°W / 53.2183; -6.1094
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	WBROK
History
Electrified	Yes
Original company	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1910	Station opens
1915	Station relocated inland
31 December 1958	Services to Harcourt Street cease
12 September 1960	Station closes
10 August 2025	Station reopens
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

Woodbrook Halt, located in the same area as the new DART station, was a former station on the Dublin and South Eastern Railway. Opened in 1910, this station closed in 1960. The halt served Shankill and Shanganagh, including the Woodbrook Estate from which it took its name, and lay a short distance north of Bray (at the northern edge of County Wicklow).

History

v t e Harcourt Street Line
Legend
Year closed Harcourt Street 1958 Harcourt Road 1859 Grand Canal Rathmines & Ranelagh 1958 Milltown 1958 Nine Arches Viaduct over River Dodder Dundrum 1958 80m Stillorgan 1958 Stillorgan Rd. Foxrock 1958 Carrickmines 1958 Lehaunstown Ln. Bride's Glen Viaduct over Loughlinstown River Shankill 1958 Shanganagh Junct. Dublin-Rosslare line to Amiens Street Woodbrook 1960 Bray River Quinnsborough Rd. Bray Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Wexford and Waterford

Woodbrook Halt was opened as a halt in 1910. The small station was located on the main line, a few yards south of the split-off, thus receiving trains from both the coastal line and the Harcourt Street line. It served Sir Stanley Cochrane's Woodbrook estate, and especially his cricket ground. The Woodbrook Golf Club and Cricket Grounds later used this halt, from 1920 to 1960.

The part of the line between Killiney and Bray was moved inland in 1915 due to coastal erosion, with Shanganagh Junction being reinstated inland and Woodbrook station being relocated as a result.^{[citation needed]}

The Harcourt Street line declined in use throughout the early 20th century and was closed by CIÉ on 31 December 1958. Being on the main line, Woodbrook survived the closure of the Harcourt Street line, until it too was closed in January 1960. The building at the halt was subsequently demolished and the platforms became overgrown.^{[citation needed]}

New station

A new station was planned for the area zoned for future housing development, with access to the proposed station included as part of a list of strategic infrastructure projects financed under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund in 2017.^[6] The proposed station is close to (but unconnected to) the former Woodbrook halt, the remains of which remain along the line at Woodbrook Golf Club.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2020, Iarnród Éireann stated its intention to apply for planning permission for the station.^[7] An application was submitted in October 2020,^[8] and planning permission was granted in July 2021.^[8][9] Work on the new station had commenced by late 2023.^[3] In mid-2024, it was suggested that the new station could "open in 2025".^[10][11] In July 2025, it was announced that the station would reopen the following month,^[4] and the first trains served Woodbrook station on 10 August 2025.^[12]