Rush and Lusk railway station

Rush and Lusk railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Ros agus Lusca) serves the towns of Rush and Lusk in County Dublin, Ireland.

Rush and Lusk An Ros agus Lusca
Rush & Lusk railway station looking North in 2018.
General information
Location	Station Lane, Lusk, County Dublin, K45 P825 Ireland
Coordinates	53.5208°N 6.1433°W / 53.5208; -6.1433
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus routes	3
Bus operators	Dublin Bus Go-Ahead Ireland
Connections	33 33A 33X
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	114
Fare zone	Suburban 3
Key dates
1844	Station opens
Iarnród Éireann CIÉ IÉ railway stations
Location Rush and Lusk 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

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844.^[1] and it later featured in one scene in the biopic, Michael Collins.

The station was the scene of a crash in 1963 of the Enterprise, from which 200 people were able to walk away with only minor injuries. The crash was caused by a faulty tyre on the wheel of the second coach, which broke just north of the station. Although damage to the train and platforms was quite severe it remained upright, and the fact that the crash occurred where it did, and on a Saturday evening when traffic was relatively light, resulted in only walking wounded. The locomotive on the front of the train was undamaged.

The station has two platforms, platform 2 runs north to Drogheda/Dundalk, while platform 1 runs south to Dublin Pearse. The station has yellow lines and is situated on the Dublin - Belfast railway line. It also has a 19th-century design.

Upgrade works

In September 2007 a temporary car park was made available on the West side of the station to cater for the large volume of cars at the station. Before this a farmer who owned a field to the East of the station allowed cars to park in his field free of charge. He eventually closed this though due to illegal dumping.^{[citation needed]} In 2010, upgrade work was carried out around the station. A large new car park was installed on the west side of the station. These upgrade works also saw the removal of the original wrought iron bridge over the tracks. It was replaced with a more accessible bridge incorporating lifts on both sides.^{[citation needed]} In 2015 the road bridge of the R128 over the rail line was removed and replaced with a new bridge with a wider footpath.^{[citation needed]}

Proposed expansion

As part of Project Ireland 2040 the DART is proposed to be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush & Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda.^{[citation needed]}

Services

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Donabate		Commuter Northern Commuter		Skerries
	Future
Donabate		DART Line 2		Skerries

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Rush and Lusk station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 September 2007.

External links

• Irish Rail Rush and Lusk Station Website
• Eiretrains - Rush & Lusk Station