Malahide railway station

Malahide railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Mhullach Íde) serves Malahide in Fingal (formerly north County Dublin).

Malahide Mullach Íde
Commuter service for Drogheda in 2007
General information
Location	Main Street, Malahide, County Dublin, K36 HC92 Ireland
Coordinates	53°27′03.4″N 6°09′23.4″W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus routes	9
Bus operators	Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland
Connections	32X 42 42d 102 102a 102c 102p 102t 142
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	MHIDE
Fare zone	Suburban 2
History
Original company	Dublin and Drogheda Railway
Pre-grouping	Northern Railway of Ireland
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
1844	Station opens
10 April 2000	DART services commence[citation needed]
Services Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Portmarnock or Dublin Connolly   Commuter Northern Commuter   Donabate Portmarnock   DART Trans-Dublin   Terminus   Future   Portmarnock   DART Line 2   Terminus or Donabate
Iarnród Éireann CIÉ IÉ railway stations
Location Malahide Location within Ireland

v t e Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry ( No-Longer Served from Sept 24   ) 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

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 (under construction) Bray Daly Greystones Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

Geography

The station lies on the Dublin to Belfast main line, 9 miles (14 km) from Dublin Connolly to the south, with Drogheda and Belfast approximately 23 miles (37 km) and 104 miles (167 km) to the north respectively.^[1]

To the south of the station lies Malahide Hill, the railway passing through a cutting about a 1 mile (1.6 km) in length and up to c.40 feet (12 m) deep.^[2]

Just to the north of the station, the line crosses the Broadmeadow viaduct which is 164m long and is the most noticeable part of the Malahide Estuary.

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844 as part of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway.^[a] Earlier, on 6 January 1844, a special train for people including Lords Eliot and Talbot, their wives and other persons gave rides up and down a completed section of track near Malahide.^[3]

George Papworth created an elaborate design for the main station building in 1851, in the event this was not built.^[4]

A set of company amalgamations occurred in 1875-6 with the station first coming under the Northern Railway Co. (Ireland) and into the Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNRI) on 1 April 1876.^[5] From 1 October 1958 with the break up of the GNRI the station came under the remit of CIÉ.^[6]

The main station building in the general polychromatic brickwork style of William Hemingway Mills has been attributed various dates from c. 1851 to 1905.^[7][a]

Malahide became the northern extent of the electrified Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system in 2000.^[8]

Goods services were withdrawn in December 1974. In 2009, Malahide became the temporary terminus of all direct services from Dublin as a consequence of the collapse of the Broadmeadow viaduct.^{[citation needed]}

Infrastructure

The station has two through lines and two platforms, the major one being on the east side which is the southbound track to Dublin. Entrance is via yellow brick polychrome style typical of Mills although some features are Malahide specific, notably the ornate wood sliding doors to the platform. The platform roof is supported by decorative ironwork. Access to the other platform is via a bridge with ironwork dating from the 1880s; this had to be raised to allow for the DART electrification extension with disability-accessible lifts newly fitted to the south side. The west platform retains a wooden shelter in mostly original condition. That platform has also been extended at some point but a standard GNR signal box has been retained, albeit boarded up.^[9]

Operation

The station is staffed between 05:45-00:30, Monday to Sunday and platform 1 (the eastern or southbound platform) is fully accessible. Platform 2 (the western or northbound platform) can be accessed by a footbridge (with lifts) from platform 1 or via steps to the public road.^[10]

Services

Malahide is both a terminus on the DART system and a station on Northern Commuter services.

Bus links

Go-Ahead Ireland operated bus route 102 links the station to Dublin Airport, Sutton railway station and parts of Malahide. In October 2013 a shuttle bus linking various areas of the town to the station was introduced. Numbered route 842, it operates in the morning and evening peaks Mondays to Fridays inclusive. The service was temporarily suspended at the start of January 2014.^[11][12]

Gallery

• 
  Footbridge at Malahide Station connecting platform 1 and platform 2
• 
  The main station building on the east side of the railway
• 
  Push-pull commuter train arrives in 1983 on its way to Dublin Pearse

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland