Shankill railway station
Shankill Seanchill  | |||||||||||||
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 Shankill railway station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Rathsallagh Bridge, Shankill, Dublin 18, D18 XY38 Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°14′11″N 6°07′01″W / 53.2363°N 6.1170°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bus routes | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bus operators | Go-Ahead Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Connections | 45B | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | SKILL | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Suburban 3 | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| 10 June 1977 | Station opens | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Station upgraded | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Station refurbished | ||||||||||||
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Shankill railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Sheanchill) serves Shankill, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
History and facilities
[edit]The current Shankill station opened on 10 June 1977.[1] It was upgraded in 1983 to cater for the new electrified DART trains.
The station has two through platforms connected via a footbridge with lifts.[citation needed] As of 2024, the information office is unstaffed.[citation needed] Wheelchair access for trains towards Bray is on the opposite side of the station to the main entrance, access for services towards Dublin city centre is by ramp at main entrance. Two ticket vending machines are available and sell all DART and Commuter tickets as well as LEAP cards.[citation needed] The station provides a car park for commuters.[2]
Since the inception of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) service in 1984, all DART services stop at Shankill.[citation needed]
Services
[edit]As of 2023, the off-peak service pattern is as follows:[3]
Northbound
Southbound
- 6 tph to Bray Daly, of which 2 tph extend to Greystones.
Bus services
[edit]The station is directly served by one Go-Ahead Ireland bus service, route 45B from Kilmacanogue to Dún Laoghaire. The 45B route serves Rathsallagh and Shanganagh and onwards to Dún Laoghaire and Shankill.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish Railways" (PDF). Railbrit.
- ^ "Irish Rail Shankill Station Services". Irish Rail.
- ^ "DART Timetable" (PDF). Iarnród Éireann. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ https://www.transportforireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Timetable-45A_45B.pdf[bare URL]