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HAVE A GOOD idea for a name for the Phoenix Park train station?
Then Irish Rail wants to hear from you.
The company is still looking for suggestions to help with the renaming of the station, and says it will be finalising its new moniker in the coming days.
“We’ve gotten a good response,” said spokesperson Jane Cregan. “Most of them are related to where it is, such as Navan Road.”
The company stated that it would not be naming the station after a person or event in the area.
It was initially built to facilitate the mooted residential development on the site of the old Phoenix Park Racecourse that was supposed to be built across from it.
However, due to the recession this development was not built and Irish Rail felt the name would mislead tourists in particular to think they were able to get the train to Phoenix Park, which is some distance away by foot.
Phoenix Park Station opened in January 2008 on the Maynooth-Dublin commuter line, between Castleknock and Ashtown Stations.
It is served by 40 trains in each direction to and from the city and there is a 100-space park and ride facility at the station.
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The Station Formerly Known as Phoenix Park.
N 53.377748, W -6.346836
seems memorable enough to me!
Fr. Ted Crilly Station
Any chance we could sell the naming rights? Adidas Station?
They would still end up spending the taxpayers money to do the name change and signs and spend the Adidas sponsorship or whoever it is on nice big comfy chairs for the lazy public servants inside the station.
It’s in Castleknock, why not Castleknock Station?
Actually, who gives a f**k what it’s called.
Sure they already have one of those.
Castleknock the second?
Castleknock 2.0?
Castleknock Returns?
Heres an idea…its already called pheonix park station why not save the money of a new sign and call it….pheonix park station?
There is no such place as the pheonix park. :D
yeah there may not be…but considering they already have the sign up…why waste money changing it now???? anyways they should have had more foresight to call a station after a park that still hadnt been built….
I propose we confuse the tourists even more! Let’s name it “An Chéad Stáisiún Eile”.
Love that! Never mind the tourists, we’ll confuse our own!
Rentboy Junction
after the STAG
they should call it chuck norris station
Emmet Stagg Station
How about, “Nearly Phoenix Park”, or maybe “The Park,not”.
How about “Here’s an example of how we wasted our money in the boom – building shit we don’t need”
Good idea but can we afford that many letters!!
Best name yet !
The Bertie Bowl.
How about "Queen Elizabeth Station" to Mark her visit to Ireland in 2011
i just puked a little
How about Not-Actually-Phoenix-Park station? Keeps the costs down as the sign just needs extra letters on it!
"I can’t believe it’s not Phoenix Park Station"
Taxpayer station
Just do a Ryanair style sign and call it phoenix park (Navan road)
It doesn’t matter what’s before the brackets, that can hundreds of kilometers away!
What to call the train located at Navan road? Lenihan Station? D7? Its GPS location? Okay, maybe Navan Road will suffice.
Dublin
Intercity
Commuting
Katastrophe
Dublin Rose Hiphop Dance Station
Phoenix Park Station seems appropriate enough to me.
How about
‘Station of the Cross’ —-everyone could pray that the trains won’t be late !!
Or how about
‘Station(ary)’ —– just like the trains !!
I’ve a horse outside?
You have to wonder what genius was responsible for naming it in the first place….
Anyhow, Navan Road station is as good as any suggestion.
Racecourse In the style of some of the Luas stops.
A station with its own theme song: Frank Sinatra singing “There Used To Be A Racetrack”
how about "the twilight zone station"
Staisuin Is Feidir Linn or Omaba Rail
Considering it is only 400m down the track from the next station why not call it ‘White Elephant Station’
People would think it was a pub.
Maybe it should be…
Just passed the station now..I think one person got off and we are nearing rush hour. It’s not the name I’d be worrying about!
Also isn’t a bit late to be thinking about how the name might confuse people?î
I think they should bypass it and just forget about it , no one uses it anyway.
Hubris Station.
Waste of time and money trying to get Irish Rail some free viral advertising. Not suggesting a name, so there….give me my ball back!!!
The State of a Nation that couldn’t Name a Station ………………..
Where the Station Has No Name
The Dark Station Rises
Call it “weak-excuse-to-give-your-buddies-an-expensive-contract-renaming-and-remapping-for-Iarnróid-Éireann”. They’re not in slightest bit concerned that the Phoenix Park is a 5 minute walk at most from the station.
At most??? Have you walked it? I lived in the Phoenix Park Racecourse for a year, it’s more than 5 mins to there so……
As for living in PPR, absolutely no need for that station with Ashtown 10 min walk away. MADNESS jumping the gun
Galloping horse rail station
As a tribute to Bow how about Station To..
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