Dunshaughlin railway station

Dunshaughlin railway station is a proposed railway station intended to serve the town of Dunshaughlin in County Meath. The station is planned to be built as part of the second phase of reinstatement of the Clonsilla-Navan line, and is due to open in 2015.

Location

Dunshauglin will be the first station on the Phase 2 section of the route, after the Pace park and ride station. The route for Phase 2 will not be finalised until March 2009;^[1] it is intended that for the most part it will follow the disused route to Navan. However, there has been debate over the location of Dunshauglin station. Iarnrod Eireann, the Irish rail operator, favours the existing route, which carries the railway line approximately 1.5 km to the west of the town, on the other side of the Dunshauglin interchange of the M3 motorway. A group of local developers in County Meath would prefer to see the railway line realigned to the east, putting the station within walking distance of the town, then proceeding via a bridge over the motorway back to the original rail alignment.^[2] The decision on the eventual location of the station will be taken with the decision on the route of the line itself.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
		From 2015
M3 Parkway		Commuter Western Commuter (Dunboyne Branch)		Kilmessan

References

1. ^ Final decision on Dunshaughlin station site due in March - navanrailwayproject.com, 20/10/08
2. ^ Plan unveiled to re-route rail line to Dunshaughlin - Meath Chronicle, 17/09/08

External links

• Navan line route options