Balbriggan railway station

Balbriggan Baile Brigín
General information
Location	Railway Street, Balbriggan, County Dublin, K32 YK59 Ireland
Coordinates	53°36′43″N 6°10′55″W / 53.612°N 6.182°W / 53.612; -6.182
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus routes	3
Bus operators	Bus Eireann TFI Local Link
Connections	192 195 B1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	BBRGN
Fare zone	Suburban 5
History
Opened	1844
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Skerries   Commuter Northern Commuter   Gormanston or Drogheda MacBride   Future   Skerries   DART Line 2 (phase 2)   Gormanston
Location Balbriggan Location within Ireland

v t e Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry ( one early-am weekday trip ) United Kingdom Ireland border Dundalk Clarke to Navan (freight only) Drogheda MacBride Laytown Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Balbriggan railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Bhaile Brigín) serves Balbriggan in County Dublin.

The station is located on the Dublin to Belfast railway line. It is the northern limit of Dublin's Short Hop Zone, meaning it is the last station Leap cards are valid at. Due to a growing population, planning permission has been submitted to increase the capacity of the station.^[1]

The station opened on 25 May 1844.^[2] It was opened by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) until 1950. The GNR(I) was then taken over by the Irish and Northern Irish Governments and was run through the Railway Board until 1958. Upon the dissolution of the GNRB those portions of the former GNR(I) within the Irish Republic passed to the Córas Iompair Éireann. The station closed for goods traffic on Monday 2 December 1974.

The station has two lines which run through Balbriggan. A viaduct is to the south of the station and can be viewed by walkways on both sides. The right side of the walkway can be entered via stairs at Balbriggan Beach. The left side can be entered via a path on Quay Street. The station currently^[when?] has 2 platforms. Platform 2 contains the main entrance via the station building. Inside, there are ticket machines, a ticket office and ticket barriers. Platform 1 has to be entered via a footbridge over the tracks. Each platform has real time information screens. The platforms have loudspeakers for announcements. All Northern Commuter services stop and one train per day terminates/originates at the station. Enterprise and Tara Mines zinc trains pass through the station without stopping.

• List of railway stations in Ireland

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• Irish Rail Balbriggan Station Website
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