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Pelletstown Station is now open. Journey time to Dublin city centre is 12 minutes. Iarnród Éireann

Ireland's newest train station has been officially opened in Dublin

Pelletstown Station is situated 12 minutes from Dublin city centre.

LAST UPDATE | 26 Sep 2021

THE NEWEST TRAIN station on Ireland’s rail network has officially been opened in north Dublin today.

Pelletstown Station is situated between Ashtown and Broombridge stations on the Dublin to Maynooth/M3 Parkway line, and will serve locals in Ashington and Royal Canal Park in Dublin 7.

The new station was described as “badly needed” when it was announced in 2018, with the number of homes being built in the nearby Ashtown area increasing.

The Pelletstown area was designated as a “key development area” in the 2016-2022 Dublin City Council Development Plan.

The Station comprises two platforms, with a footbridge and accessible ramp access between platforms and to the railway.

Trains will take as little as 12 minutes to get from the station to the city centre, and will be served by 94 trains a day on weekdays.

It is the first new station to open on the Irish Rail network since Oranmore in Co Galway opened in 2013, and will be the 145th station on the network in total.

New footbridges will also provide a new pedestrian and cycle access point to the Royal Canal Greenway to promote active travel and other forms of transport.

Bicycle parking will be provided at the station, as well as dedicated accessible car park spaces, adjacent to Ashington Park.

The station was opened today by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan. 

pelletstown Transport Minister Eamon Ryan was joined by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Minister for Children Roderic O Gorman, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport Jack Chambers as well as Iarnród Éireann Chief Executive Jim Meade, and National Transport Authority Chief Executive Anne Graham to mark the opening of the station. Jason Clarke Jason Clarke

“This new station will greatly benefit the communities of Ashington and Royal Canal Park by providing much-needed public transport options as well as cutting journey times in and out of the city,” Minister Ryan said.

Making it easier for people to choose public transport and combine their cycling, walking and rail journeys will help us reach our climate goals.

Irish Rail has advised rail passengers using the Dublin to Maynooth line that there will be minor alterations to some services from Sunday onwards because of the opening of the station.

Customers at all stations on the line are advised to check times before travel, as some departure times will be marginally earlier at some stations. Full details are available on Irish Rail’s website.

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    Mute Shane Wilson
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    Sep 26th 2021, 9:02 AM

    Hang on a minute, they put a new train station between 2 stations that are only 2km apart? like walking distance? how is that “badly needed”?

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    Mute Rerek Tony Dyan
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    Sep 26th 2021, 9:14 AM

    @Shane Wilson: 4000 houses currently in the final phase of planning for that immediate area.

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    Mute Thomas Smyth
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    Sep 26th 2021, 9:47 AM

    @Rerek Tony Dyan: He has a point though. I walk a kilometre to my bus stop and Google says that takes 13 minutes. There must have been some sort of calculation made on what’s the most optimal for all passengers i.e. an extra delay for the rest of the passengers on the train to make it more convenient for those near that new stop. The numbers must add up. But it does seem odd.

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    Mute Ronan McKeon
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    Sep 26th 2021, 10:03 AM

    @Thomas Smyth: have a look a Lansdowne Road and Sandymount stations. Barely the length of a DART apart. Not sure why Sandymount is still there when they have Sydney Parade too.

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    Mute Mick Hyland
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    Sep 26th 2021, 10:10 AM

    @Thomas Smyth: maybe they’re planning to shut the other two stations at some stage

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    Mute Barbara Stewart
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    Sep 26th 2021, 10:41 AM

    @Shane Wilson: There are now 4 stations in a row……there is another one just north of Ashtown

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    Mute Max Bailey
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    Sep 26th 2021, 1:43 PM

    @Shane Wilson: lots of overcrowding at peak times at the other two stations necessitated an additional station for safety purposes. This will have contributed towards the decision.

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    Mute Odd Socks
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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:07 PM

    @Rerek Tony Dyan: and also to increase the value of the house by an extra few thousand euro. It would make you think if someone took a back hander to put a new station there.

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    Mute Cian Martin
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    Sep 26th 2021, 8:18 PM

    @Shane Wilson: Luas stations are only 200m apart, some DART stations are close too.

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    Mute Keith O Hanlon
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    Sep 26th 2021, 9:47 PM

    @Shane Wilson: because it’s the Irish thing to do it would answer them better to fix their trains and signal faults

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    Mute Stephen Campbell
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    Sep 26th 2021, 8:11 AM

    The new station was described as “badly needed”….

    In Donegal perhaps???

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    Sep 26th 2021, 8:14 AM

    @Stephen Campbell: what’s training (from someone in donegal )

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    Mute Brian Flavin
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    Sep 26th 2021, 11:01 AM

    @Stephen Campbell: badly need train track to meath to cavan and badly need donegal link to sligo

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    Mute Kevin O' Brien
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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:32 PM

    @Stephen Campbell: typo. Should have said badly “kneedled”. Nobody is perfect

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    Mute Luan Willis
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    Sep 26th 2021, 4:24 PM

    @Kevin O’ Brien: Too much “kneedling” going on to be perfectly honest.

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    Mute Teresa O'Halloran
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    Sep 26th 2021, 1:35 PM

    Dublin Dublin Dublin
    Has anyone in Dail Eireann heard of the West of Ireland?
    Loughrea in Co Galway is a town without a train station, or a proper bus service, but all we hear is, Dublin Dublin Dublin

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    Sep 26th 2021, 1:56 PM

    @Teresa O’Halloran: yeah and there’s bad points when you come to the city too, like traffic. Things work different in the capital.

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    Mute Jennifer Coyle
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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:02 PM

    @To Mt: In fairness, I’d rather be stuck in traffic in Dublin city rather than Galway any day of the week. Galway is a giant carpark and is in dire need of transport links for those commuting for work. Commuters like those living in Loughrea.

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    Mute To Mt
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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:10 PM

    @Jennifer Coyle: well is there a demand? I don’t know the area but that sounds like a business opportunity, surely there’s a reason someone hasn’t started a coach service?

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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:35 PM

    @To Mt: Public transport = supply induced demand.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 3:17 PM

    @Teresa O’Halloran: its your Capitol too….did you not get the memo down there in Loughrea on the development plan?

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    Sep 26th 2021, 9:10 AM

    Good news for Pelletstown. Wish they could get going on the train station in Navan.

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    Mute Free Cho
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    Sep 26th 2021, 9:45 AM

    Far too many disconnected, inefficient transport routes in Dublin. Unbelievable that we haven’t gone the underground route.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 12:12 AM

    @Free Cho: They have been, it was started about 18 years ago (planing stage) and might be ready by 2034 according to the goverment. Knowing this country I wouldnt put my on it being open before 2050.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 6:38 AM

    It’ll be gone after Halloween.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 3:20 PM

    1 new train station in 8 years? Something to be proud of lads well done

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    Sep 26th 2021, 8:47 AM

    It was actually sold as the original package for phase 1 of Royal Canal Park back in 2001. That along with a marina and hotel. Recession hit and that was that!

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    Sep 26th 2021, 3:36 PM

    @Ciaran McCann: Don’t remind me, I live on the original Metro line and a local hotel had a map of the stations printed up for future visitors.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:50 PM

    Pity they had not the foresight to have the station four lines wide. This would allow commuter trains stop while allowing express intercity to pass. How unfortunate that we are still planning the rail network like in the 19th rather than the 21st century future. Now all stations can be four line but when building on a green field site it makes me wonder about future rail planning

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Sep 26th 2021, 3:33 PM

    @Niall Ó Cofaigh: Agreed. Good to have improved public transport. If the station was badly needed in 2018 & is only opening now, of course it’s only going to get busier as more people avail of it.
    There’s a mindset in Ireland that everyone else can run cars. It isn’t sustainable.
    As far as future plans go, I’d be hoping the line is above sea level for its lifespan, but most of us live in port cities in river valleys, so fingers crossed on that.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 4:02 PM

    @Niall Ó Cofaigh:

    The track gauge adopted by the mainline railways in Ireland is 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in). This unusual track gauge is otherwise found only in Australia

    Rest of Europe uses Standard track gauge 1,435mm

    Hence Ireland also has to have built (abroad) custom trains for Ireland…. You couldn’t make it up.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 5:13 PM

    @iohanx: Hardly the fault of anybody around today.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 8:54 PM

    @iohanx: All trains are custom built for all customers. The only commonality is the body shell in some cases. That can be used on either gauge. The only difference so are the bogie widths and axle lengths. Again they are made to order. So a mute point.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 8:48 AM

    A new development that the city of Dublin can enjoy.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 3:57 PM

    @andrew:

    I think an actual new faster train line would be more beneficial in fairness.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 1:55 PM

    When are they going to reopen the Dunleer train station so the people of mid Louth have another option beside the car.

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    Sep 26th 2021, 2:28 PM

    Wow, amazing news. It reminds me of the new centra that opened up a few years ago.

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    Mute Hugh Mc Donnell
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    Sep 26th 2021, 4:28 PM

    Where will these politicians be for the announcement on the navan rail line whether its yes or a no decision. They all turn up for a photo opportunity but they will go to ground when it’s bad news

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    Sep 26th 2021, 4:25 PM
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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:14 PM
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    Sep 27th 2021, 2:40 AM

    The whataboutery of the Irish the second anything opens anywhere…. You will never win in Ireland, no matter what you do or build

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    Mute Mary Conneely
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    Sep 27th 2021, 2:34 AM

    Not a word about how metro north is not going to be delivered any time soon. No train link for over half a million people, disgraceful.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:07 AM

    Passengers walk to stations! Two km could mean 20 mins extra walking. It’s a suburban rail service , each station adding but 1 min to the journey time.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:43 AM

    Not much use without more rolling stock. I believe trains are wedged already.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:13 PM

    This called a day’s work in Japan

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