Skerries railway station

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History

The station opened on 25 May 1844 with the opening of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway and has continuously served passengers since, but has been closed for freight purposes since 2 December 1974.Template:Sfn

Description

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View north from Platform 1 depicting the brake house on Platform 2.

The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station, with a footbridge connecting the platforms.[1] An underpass was open for passenger use, but was permanently closed on Wednesday, 31 August 2016. Platform 1 runs mostly to the south, while platform 2 runs mostly to the north. The station is 1.6 kilometres from the Martello tower on Red Island, and 8 kilometres from Rockabill lighthouse.

Services

Template:Dublin Suburban Rail Northern Irish Rail's Commuter service, operated by the 29000 and 22000 Class DMU fleets, is the only service that stops at the station. Other trains that pass through include the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise service, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by 071 class trains, and out of service transfer intercity trains, which primarily use IE 22000 DMU class trains.

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Proposed expansion

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See also

References

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