Navan Road Parkway railway station

Navan Road Parkway (Irish: Ollpháirc Bhóthar na hUaimhe) is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann.[1]

Navan Road Parkway

Ollpháirc Bhóthar na hUaimhe
Iarnród Éireann
General information
LocationNavan Road, Dublin 15, D15 YX57
Ireland
Coordinates53.3776°N 6.3454°W / 53.3776; -6.3454
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Bus routes39A, 39, 38A, 38B, 38, 70
Bus operatorsDublin bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codePHNPK
Fare zoneSuburban 1
Key dates
21 January 2008Station opens as "Phoenix Park"
25 September 2011Station renamed "Navan Road Parkway"

Location

The station is on the Dublin - Sligo railway line (see Rail transport in Ireland), located between Ashtown railway station and Castleknock railway station.

The station is adjacent to the Navan Road dual carriageway R147 road between the roundabout at the junction of Castleknock Road and Ashtown Road and the roundabout at the junction of Auburn Avenue and New Dunsink Lane. Access to the station is via a grade-separated junction off the R147.

Western Commuter
Longford
Edgeworthstown
Mullingar
Enfield
Kilcock
Maynooth
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Leixlip Confey
M3 Parkway
Dunboyne
Hansfield (serves Ongar)
Clonsilla
Coolmine
Castleknock
Navan Road Parkway
Ashtown
Pelletstown
Broombridge
Luas
Drumcondra
Docklands
(Luas Spencer Dock)
Dublin Connolly Luas
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse

Design and services

Similar to both Dún Laoghaire railway station and Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station, the station building is on the bridge that connects the two platforms. From here there are lifts and stairs down to each platform. It is an unmanned station.

The station is served by Western Commuter services. Both main services (westbound to Maynooth and Longford and eastbound to Dublin city centre and Docklands branch services (from Clonsilla to Docklands) call at the station. InterCity services do not call at the station, although one can interchange at either Maynooth or Dublin Connolly railway station.

History

It opened on 21 January 2008 as 'Phoenix Park' station but was renamed on 25 September 2011 to 'Navan Road Parkway'.

Renaming

The station was built by the developers of the Phoenix Park Racecourse Apartments on the site of the old Phoenix Park Racecourse. The station is further from the Phoenix Park than Ashtown Station.

The confusion over the name led to Iarnród Éireann erecting posters in Dublin Connolly railway station stating "For the Phoenix Park, use Ashtown Station".

With the start of the new railway timetable on 25 September 2011, the station was renamed Navan Road Parkway.

See also

References

  1. Fingal County Council LANDS AT PHOENIX PARK RAILWAY STATION, MOTION NO. D 13.6, 27 October 2010.
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Ashtown   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch)
  Castleknock
  Commuter
Western Commuter
(Docklands Branch)
 
  Future  
Ashtown   DART
Line 1
  Castleknock
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