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{{Short description|Railway station in Dunboyne, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019}}
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| name = Dunboyne
| native_name = Dún Búinne
| native_name_lang = GA
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| image = RPSI railtour at Dunboyne - geograph.org.uk - 7465707.jpg
| image_caption = A [[railtour]] at Dunboyne
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| address = Larchfield, [[Dunboyne]], [[County Meath]], A86 HK07
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| country = Ireland
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| years2 = September 2010
| events2 = New station opened
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| code = DBYNE
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'''Dunboyne railway station''' is a railway station serving the town of [[Dunboyne]] in [[County Meath]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].

Dunboyne station features car parking for up to 300 cars, operated by [[APCOA Parking]], enabling it to serve as a small [[park & ride]] stop for commuters to [[Dublin]].

==Services==
It is a station on the [[Dublin Docklands|Docklands]] to [[M3 Parkway railway station|M3 Parkway]] commuter service (Peak Times Monday to Friday) and [[Clonsilla railway station|Clonsilla]] to M3 Parkway shuttle service (at all other times).

Passengers transfer at Clonsilla:

*to travel at non peak times (including Saturday and Sunday) towards Dublin city centre.
*to travel to [[Maynooth railway station|Maynooth]] and both [[Leixlip]] stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to [[Sligo]].
*to travel to [[Drumcondra railway station|Drumcondra]]. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.

==History==
The original Dunboyne station opened in August 1862 on the Clonsilla-Navan railway line, but was closed in January 1947.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dunboyne station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2009-01-06 | archive-date=13 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813190623/http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The old station was converted into a [[private residence]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irrs.ie/Journal%20157/157%20News.htm |title=IRRS News 157 |access-date=6 January 2009 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093346/http://www.irrs.ie/Journal%20157/157%20News.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005 the Irish Government announced that, as part of its [[Transport 21]] plan, [[Dublin-Navan railway line|the line]] between [[Clonsilla]] and [[Navan]] would be reopened for passenger trains in two stages, with the first stage including a new station for Dunboyne, which opened in September 2010.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

The station was officially opened on 2 September 2010, and the first regularly scheduled train to the station arrived on 3 September.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/commuter-trains-return-to-dunboyne.html| title=Commuter trains return to Dunboyne| publisher=[[Railway Gazette International]]| date=3 September 2010| access-date=30 September 2010| archive-date=15 June 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615124914/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/commuter-trains-return-to-dunboyne.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Dublin Suburban Rail Western}}
<gallery widths=180>
File:dunboyne train station 4.jpg|Dunboyne railway station under construction (September 2009)
File:dunboyne train station apr 2010.jpg|Dunboyne railway station under construction (April 2010)
File:Dunboyne bilingual train station sign (2025).jpg|Bilingual sign in the station (2025)
</gallery>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.irishrail.ie/Dunboyne Irish Rail Dunboyne Station website]
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| system1 = Iarnród Éireann
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{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Hansfield }}|next={{stnlnk|M3 Parkway}}|route=[[Commuter (Iarnród Éireann)|Commuter]]<br/>[[Dublin_Suburban_Rail#Western_Commuter|Western Commuter]]<br/>(Dunboyne Branch)|col=00A550}}
{{s-note|text=Proposed}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Hansfield railway station|Hansfield]]|next=[[M3 Parkway railway station|M3 Parkway]]|route=[[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]]<br/>Dublin-Navan railway line|(Navan Branch)|col=00bb00}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunboyne Railway Station}}
[[Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in County Meath]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 2010]]

Dunboyne railway station - Revision history

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