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{{short description |Station near Dublin, Ireland}}
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'''Hansfield railway station''' is a [[Train station|railway station]] in [[County Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It lies on the [[Docklands railway station|Docklands]] to [[M3 Parkway railway station|M3 Parkway]] [[Dublin Suburban Rail|Commuter]] service and serves housing estates including Hansfield, [[Ongar, Dublin|Ongar]], Littlepace, and Barnwell, among others; it is also the station nearest [[Clonee]].

==Services at Hansfield station==
The station is served by 47 trains Monday to Friday, and offers a typical journey time of 39 minutes to/from [[Docklands railway station]] at peak.<ref>[https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route Train Timetables by Route]</ref>

Passengers can travel to [[Docklands railway station|Docklands]], [[Broombridge railway station|Broombridge]], [[Ashtown railway station|Ashtown]], [[Navan Road Parkway railway station|Navan Road Parkway]], [[Castleknock railway station|Castleknock]], and [[Coolmine railway station|Coolmine]] at peak times Monday to Friday only. Direct travel is possible to [[Clonsilla railway station|Clonsilla]], [[Dunboyne railway station|Dunboyne]] and [[M3 Parkway railway station|M3 Parkway]] on services 7 days a week.

Passengers transfer at [[Clonsilla railway station|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==
[[File:Hansfield station interior.jpg|thumb|290x290px|The stations interior, featuring a row of ticket gates and an unstaffed ticket office.]]
The station was planned by [[Fingal County Council]] as part of ''Hansfield Strategic Development Zone''.<ref>http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/HansfieldStrategicDevelopmentZone/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322072405/http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/HansfieldStrategicDevelopmentZone/ |date=22 March 2009 }} Hansfield Strategic Development Zone]</ref> While the railway line was opened in September 2010 as planned, Hansfield station remained closed because no road access to the station from the surrounding housing estates existed.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rail-station-not-to-open-until-it-has-road-link-1.646044 Rail station not to open until it has road link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024053739/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0903/1224278128486.html |date=24 October 2012 }} - Irish Times 03/09/10</ref> When funding was provided in 2011 for the access road,<ref>[http://www.davidmcguinness.ie/evening-herald-mcguinness-featured-on-hansfield-train-station-opening Station McGuinness featured on Hansfield train station opening] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120728122934/http://www.davidmcguinness.ie/evening-herald-mcguinness-featured-on-hansfield-train-station-opening |date=28 July 2012 }}</ref> [[Iarnród Éireann]] took possession of land to proceed. The station opened on Friday 28 June 2013.<ref name="rte-opening">[http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0628/459355-hansfield-station/ Dublin railway station opens after three year delay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630233130/http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0628/459355-hansfield-station/ |date=30 June 2013 }}, [[RTÉ News]], 28 June 2013, retrieved 28 June 2013.</ref>

{{Dublin Suburban Rail Western}}

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
Hansfield bilingual train station sign (2025).jpg|
Hansfield train station sign (2025).jpg|
Hansfield bilingual railway station sign (2024).jpg|
Bilingual sign at Hansfield Train Station (2025).jpg|
Hansfield railway station signs (2024).jpg|
</Gallery>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/station/hansfield Hansfield Station] Irish Rail Website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073523/http://www.irishrail.ie/Hansfield |date=21 September 2013 }}
* [http://smu.gs/10rn7EO Hansfield opening day from photo website of 'The Wanderer']

{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
| system1 = Iarnród Éireann
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{{rail line|previous=[[Clonsilla railway station|Clonsilla]]|next=[[Dunboyne railway station|Dunboyne]]|route=[[Commuter (Iarnród Éireann)|Commuter]] [[Dublin_Suburban_Rail#Western_Commuter|Western Commuter]]| [[Dublin-Navan railway line]]|Western Commuter /(Dunboyne Branch)|col=00A550}}
{{s-note|text=Future}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Clonsilla railway station|Clonsilla]]|next=[[Dunboyne railway station|Dunboyne]]|route=[[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]] |col=00bb00}}
}}

[[Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Fingal]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 2013]]

Hansfield railway station - Revision history

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