Sandymount railway station

Sandymount
Sandymount; Dumhach Thrá
	Sandymount station looking north, with the main building on right, and a northbound DART on platform 1.
Location	Holyrood Park, Dublin 4, D04 PC52; Ireland
Coordinates	53.32795°N 6.22138°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	18
Bus operators	Go Ahead Ireland
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	SMONT
Fare zone	Suburban 1
History
Original company	Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
January 1835	Station opened
1901	Station closed
1928	Station reopened
1960	Station closed for second time
July 1984	Station reopens for DART services

Sandymount railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Dhumhach Thrá) serves Sandymount and Ballsbridge (including RDS Simmonscourt) in Dublin, Ireland. It has two platforms, both fully accessible via ramps.[1]

There is a level crossing as the railway line crosses Sandymount Avenue. The Level Crossing is a MCB-CCTV (Manual Controlled Barrier level crossing).

Dublin Area
Rapid Transit

Howth Junction

Fairview Depot

to The Point

over River Liffey

(planned)

Salthill and Monkstown

Dún Laoghaire Mallin

Sandycove and Glasthule

(planned)

History

Sandymount Halt was originally opened in January 1835.[2] The station had several period of closure: from 1841 to 1860; 1862 to 1882; 1901 to 1928 and from 1960.[3] The station was reopened in 1984 with the electrification of Dublin suburban rail services - launched as the DART.[3]

The station was also re-opened with a one-off temporary platform for Queen Victoria's first visit to Ireland in 1849 when she and her entourage traveled by special train from Kingstown to Sandymount before continuing by horse carriage to Dublin.[3]

Operations

The ticket office is open from 06:00 AM to 20:00 PM, Monday to Sunday.

Transport services

Directly outside the station on Sandymount Avenue are bus stops for the following route:

Go Ahead Ireland route 18 from Sandymount to Rialto. This route provides a connection to the Luas Green Line at Ranelagh

In addition, a number of bus services stop on Merrion Road, located 300 m from the station:

Dublin Bus route 4 from Harristown to Monkstown
Dublin Bus routes 7 / 7A from Mountjoy Square to Bride's Glen / Loughlinstown
Dublin Bus 7N Nitelink from Dublin city centre to Shankill (Friday & Saturday only)
Aircoach route 703 from Killiney to Dublin Airport
Aircoach route 702 from Greystones to Dublin Airport

References

Irish Rail. "Accessibility". Irish Rail.
"Sandymount Halt" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
Kullman, Kurt (28 May 2018). The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingtown. THP Ireland. pp. 35–36, 70–78. ISBN 978-0750987646.

External links

Irish Rail Sandymount Station Website

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann	Following station
Lansdowne Road		DART Trans-Dublin	Sydney Parade
	Historical railways
Westland Row Line and station open		Dublin and Kingstown Railway	Sydney Parade Line and station open

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[1] Irish Rail. "Accessibility". Irish Rail.

[2] "Sandymount Halt" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-03.

[Book-FIR-WR-KT-3] Kullman, Kurt (28 May 2018). The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingtown. THP Ireland. pp. 35–36, 70–78. ISBN 978-0750987646.