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{{Short description|Railway station in County Meath, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Irish English|date=November 2019}}
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'''Laytown railway station''' ({{langx|ga|Stáisiún na hInse}}) serves [[Laytown]] and [[Bettystown]] in [[County Meath]], Ireland.

It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly [[Laytown races]].

==History==
{{stack|[[File:Steam locomotive at Laytown, Co. Meath - geograph.org.uk - 1011936.jpg|thumb|A [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] locomotive ''Slieve Gullion,'' on a special run by the [[Railway Preservation Society of Ireland]] in May 1985, heading through the station.]]}}
{{Dublin Suburban Rail Northern}}

The station opened on 25 May 1844<ref>{{cite web | title=Laytown and Bettystown station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-06}}</ref> and was renamed by the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)|Great Northern Railway]] as ''Laytown & Bettystown'' in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.
==Services==
{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
| system1 = Iarnród Éireann
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{{rail line|previous=[[Gormanston railway station|Gormanston]]|next=[[Drogheda railway station|Drogheda MacBride]]|route=[[Commuter (Irish Rail)|Commuter]]<br/><small> [[Dublin Suburban Rail|Northern Commuter]]</small>|col=00A550}}
{{s-note|text=Future}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Gormanston railway station|Gormanston]]|next=[[Drogheda railway station|Drogheda MacBride]]|route=[[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]]<br/><small>Line 2 (phase 2)</small>|col=00bb00}}
{{s-note|text=Disused railways}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Mosney railway station|Mosney]]<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small> |next=[[Drogheda railway station|Drogheda MacBride]]<br /><small>Line and station open</small> |route=[[Commuter (Iarnród Éireann)#Arrow|Arrow]]<br/><small> [[Dublin Suburban Rail|Northern Arrow]]</small>|col=FFA550}}
}}

==See also==
* [[List of railway stations in Ireland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Laytown railway station}}
* [http://www.irishrail.ie/laytown Irish Rail Laytown Station Website]
* [http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20L/Laytown/IrishRailwayStations.html Eiretrains - Laytown Station]


{{Railway stations served by Iarnród Éireann}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laytown Railway Station}}
[[Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in County Meath]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844]]