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Encyclopedia > Docklands railway station

Docklands Station is a new railway station serving the Dublin Docklands area in Ireland owned by Córas Iompair Éireann. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Dublin Docklands is the area of the city of Dublin, Ireland, near the docks and around where the River Liffey joins the River Dodder. ... Córas Iompair Éireann[1] (CIÉ) is a statutory authority which is owned by the Irish Government. ...


The station opened for commuter services from a temporary location on Sheriff Street in the North Wall area of Dublins Northside on 12 March 2007[1], construction having commenced on 9 March 2006[2]. It is the first new station in Dublin city centre since Tara Street opened in 1891. This new station was required because the nearby Connolly Station has reached capacity and could not support additional commuter services to County Meath. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Traffic passing the Independent Bridge at Drumcondra The harbour at Howth The Northside is the area in Dublin City, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey, to the east by Dublin Bay and to the north and west by the M50 motorway. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Tara Street railway station, May 2006 Tara Street is the busiest railway station in Ireland, with over 25,000 passengers using it daily. ... Dublin Connolly, commonly called Connolly station, is one of the main railway stations in Dublin, Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Navan Code: MH Area: 2,342 km² Population (2006) 162,621 Website: www. ...


As-of March 2007 the temporary two-platform station is one of two termini for the Western Commuter service run by Iarnród Éireann. Hourly services from the station run to Clonsilla on the Maynooth/Longford line. The temporary station is linked to the city centre by the 151 and 93 bus services. 1994: Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the national passenger railway system in Ireland. ... Clonsilla (Cluain Saileach in Irish, meaning meadow of the Willow or Sallows). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

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Railway station

The Docklands station will move to a permanent location in the Spencer Dock site as part of the Interconnector tunnel plan under the government's Transport 21 initiative, due to be completed by 2015. Planning conditions attached to the temporary site state that it must be removed by May 2016[3]. The extended Luas Red Line will then connect with the station and the rail services will run onwards to Pearse Station linking with the DART and to Heuston Station linking with commuter services to Kildare and intercity services to the south. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... Image File history File links 25_railtransportation_trans. ... Spencer Dock (Irish: Duga Spencer) is a location in Dublin, Ireland. ... The Interconnector is a planned railway tunnel under the city centre of Dublin (Republic of Ireland), which will provide a link from the northern rail line to Dublins westerly Heuston Station. ... Luas (Irish for speed), also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail lines in Dublin, Ireland. ... Pearse Station, located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin is a DART and Intercity railway station owned by Coras Iompair Eireann. ... Look up dart in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Heuston Station, located in Dublin, Ireland is one of the countrys main railway stations, serving the south, southwest and west of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...


See also

Most rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. ... The Dublin Suburban Rail network (now branded DART/Commuter) is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, aswell as most of the Greater Dublin Area. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0312/rail.html
  2. ^ http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/breaking/7574409?view=Eircomnet
  3. ^ http://www.meathontrack.com/transport21.html

External links

  • Photos of the station under construction
  • Station information from irishrail.ie
  • Irish rail - Docklands development project (includes location map)
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Terminus   Iarnrod Éireann Western Commuter Docklands branch   Broombridge


 
 

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