Skerries railway station

Skerries Na Sceirí
File:Skerries Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 491537.jpg View South from Platform 2 Depicting the Brake House on Platform 1.
Location	Skerries Republic of Ireland
Coordinates
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	SKRES
Fare zone	Suburban 6
History
Opened	1844
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Rush & Lusk   Commuter Northern Commuter   Balbriggan

Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry( one early-am weekday trip ) Northern Ireland Ireland border Dundalk to Navan (freight only) Drogheda Laytown 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 Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Skerries railway station serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844.

Description

The station has no difference to any other railway station in Ireland. It has two platforms for the lines that run through the station. There is a footbridge connecting the platforms. Platform 1 runs mostly south, while platform 2 runs mostly north.

Services

The commuter train is the only train that stops at the station. The fleet class is the IE 29000 DMU. The only other trains that pass the station are the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by IE 071 class trains, and an out of service transfer intercity train, which use IE 22000 DMU class trains.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Skerries Station Website
• Eiretrains - Skerries Station