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{{short description|Proposed train station in Ireland}}
{{out of date|date=October 2021}}
{{Dublin-Navan railway line}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Irish English|date=November 2019}}
'''Dunshaughlin railway station''' is a proposed railway station intended to serve the town of [[Dunshaughlin]] in [[County Meath]], Ireland.

The station had been planned to be built as part of the second phase of reinstatement of the [[Dublin-Navan railway line|Clonsilla-Navan]] line. However, as of 2012, these plans were deferred due to the reduction in the Exchequer capital investment programme.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=124&n=186 |title=Irish Rail Navan Railway Line - General Information |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508210658/http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=124&n=186 |archive-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dunshauglin was intended to be the first station on the Phase 2 section of the route, after the [[M3 Parkway railway station|M3 Parkway]] [[park and ride]] station. The proposed route plans include 34 km of railway line, with stations at Dunshaughlin, Kilmessan, Navan town centre and a further station on the northern edge of Navan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/public-transport-in-meath-is-broken-there-is-no-work-life-balance-1.4155424|last=Walsh|first=Louise|title=‘Public transport in Meath is broken. There is no work-life balance’|date=2020-01-30|publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> In 2016, the National Transport Authority ruled that there was not a sufficient number of commuters to warrant a new station,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Transport_Strategy_for_the_Greater_Dublin_Area_2016-2035.pdf| publisher = National Transport Authority | title = Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 - 2035 | accessdate = 23 October 2021 | quote = the level of travel demand between Navan, Dunshaughlin and various stations to the city centre is insufficient to justify the development of a high-capacity rail link }}</ref> but agreed to conduct a new study; a report was due be released in mid-2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmfm.ie/news/lmfm-news/preferred-route-for-navan-rail-line-to-be-known-by-months-end/|last=O'Driscoll|first=Marc|title=Preferred route for Navan rail line to be known by month's end|date=2021-06-14|publisher=LMFM|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref>{{update after|2021|09|01}} County councillors made representations to "ensure that the 'actual' population of Dunshaughlin" would be used in the determination of the need for a station.<ref name=murphy/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-draft-county-development-plan/chapter/05-movement-strategy|title=05. Movement Strategy|date=2020|publisher=Meath County Council|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref>

==Proposed location==
The preferred route for Phase 2 of the extension of the [[Dublin–Navan railway line]] was published in March 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://navanrailwayproject.com/2008/10/20/post-final-decision-on-dunshaughlin-station-site-due-in-march/|title=Final decision on Dunshaughlin station site due in March|date=2008-10-20|publisher=Navan Railway Project|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207052543/http://navanrailwayproject.com/2008/10/20/post-final-decision-on-dunshaughlin-station-site-due-in-march/|archive-date=2008-12-07|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> it was intended that for the most part it would follow the disused route to [[Navan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-06-12/117/|title=Rail Network Expansion Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018|date=2018-06-12|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> However, there was debate over the location of Dunshauglin station. [[Iarnród Éireann]] favoured 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 [[N3 road (Ireland)|M3 motorway]].<ref name=murphy>{{cite web|url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2021/02/05/wheels-start-rolling-on-rail-line-study/|last=Murphy|first=Paul|title=Wheels start rolling on rail line study|date=2021-07-24|publisher=Meath Chronicle|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meath.ie/system/files/upload/Dunshaughlin%20Adopted%20Local%20Area%20Plan%202009-2015%20Written%20Report_0.pdf|title=MEATH COUNTY COUNCIL Dunshaughlin Local Area Plan 2009 - 2015|date=2009-09-22|publisher=Meath County Council|access-date=2021-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907051140/https://www.meath.ie/system/files/upload/Dunshaughlin%20Adopted%20Local%20Area%20Plan%202009-2015%20Written%20Report_0.pdf|archive-date=2020-09-07}}</ref> Some County Meath Councillors expressed a preference that the route of the line should be "as close to Ratoath and Dunshaughlin as possible" and that "potential users should not have to cross the R147 and M3 to get to a train station".<ref name=murphy/>

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[[Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in County Meath]]
[[Category:Proposed railway stations in the Republic of Ireland]]

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Dunshaughlin railway station - Revision history

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