Clondalkin/Fonthill railway station

Clondalkin/Fonthill
Location
Place	Clondalkin
Local authority	South Dublin County Council
Operations
Platforms in use	4
History
13 October 2008	Station opens
Iarnród Éireann - Ireland railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Clondalkin/Fonthill railway station serves the suburb of Clondalkin in County Dublin. It is served by South Western Commuter services. It opened on 13 October 2008,^[1]. and is located on the R113 road (in particular, the section known as the Fonthill Road), west of Clondalkin, between Ronanstown and the Nangor Road.

The station has four through platforms, although not all are currently in service pending completion of the Kildare Route Project, a major project to upgrade the South Western Commuter line.

Under Transport 21, Clondalkin/Fonthill will interchange with a station of the planned Dublin Metro's Metro West line called Fonthill.

Clondalkin railway station

The station replaced the former Clondalkin railway station, located less than 1 km east of the new station on the South Western Commuter line, at Cloverhill Industrial Estate. The station opened on 4 August 1846 and was closed to passengers on 20 January 1947 and for goods traffic on 9 June 1947.^[2] It re-opened for passengers when the South Western Commuter service (originally known as Arrow) began on 16 May 1994.

The station again closed after the final train on 12 October 2008.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Park West & Cherry Orchard		Commuter South Western Commuter		Adamstown
Park West & Cherry Orchard		Commuter South Western Commuter		Kishoge
		From 2015
Park West & Cherry Orchard		DART Line 2		Kishoge
		Dublin Metro
		From 2014
Clondalkin		Metro West		Rowlagh

References

1. ^ Minister opens new rail station in Clondalkin, Irish Times
2. ^ "Clondalkin station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-31. 

Coordinates: 53°20′00″N 6°24′22″W / 53.3334°N 6.4062°W / 53.3334; -6.4062