Dún Laoghaire/Mallin railway station , serves
Dún LaoghaireDún Laoghaire or Dún Laoire , Anglicised as Dunleary , is a suburban seaside town and county seat of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland....
in
County DublinCounty Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The Dublin Regional Authority is the...
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The station has been named
Mallin Station since 1966, after
Michael MallinMichael Mallin was an Irish rebel and socialist who took an active role in the 1916 Easter Rising.Born in Dublin, Mallin was second in command of the Irish Citizen Army under James Connolly and commanded the garrison at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, with Countess Markievicz as his second in command...
, although it is usually referred to simply as Dún Laoghaire. It features two through platforms and one terminal platform. The station is served by
DARTThe Dublin Area Rapid Transit is part of the suburban railway network in Ireland, running mainly along the coastline of Dublin Bay on the Trans-Dublin route, from Greystones in County Wicklow, through Dublin to Howth and Malahide in County Dublin.Trains are powered via a 1500V DC overhead catenary...
services, the
South Eastern CommuterThe Dublin Suburban Rail network, , is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, most of the Greater Dublin Area and outlying towns...
line, and InterCity services to
WexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route , and the national rail network...
.
Unusually, the station building is located on a bridge above the platforms, in a setup similar to
Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway stationLeixlip Louisa Bridge is a railway station which serves Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. Originally named Louisa Bridge & Leixlip when it opened on 1 September 1848 the station was known simply as Leixlip from 1851, until the opening of Leixlip Confey railway station in 1990...
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Dún Laoghaire/Mallin railway station , serves
Dún LaoghaireDún Laoghaire or Dún Laoire , Anglicised as Dunleary , is a suburban seaside town and county seat of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland....
in
County DublinCounty Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The Dublin Regional Authority is the...
,
IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
.
The station has been named
Mallin Station since 1966, after
Michael MallinMichael Mallin was an Irish rebel and socialist who took an active role in the 1916 Easter Rising.Born in Dublin, Mallin was second in command of the Irish Citizen Army under James Connolly and commanded the garrison at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, with Countess Markievicz as his second in command...
, although it is usually referred to simply as Dún Laoghaire. It features two through platforms and one terminal platform. The station is served by
DARTThe Dublin Area Rapid Transit is part of the suburban railway network in Ireland, running mainly along the coastline of Dublin Bay on the Trans-Dublin route, from Greystones in County Wicklow, through Dublin to Howth and Malahide in County Dublin.Trains are powered via a 1500V DC overhead catenary...
services, the
South Eastern CommuterThe Dublin Suburban Rail network, , is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, most of the Greater Dublin Area and outlying towns...
line, and InterCity services to
WexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route , and the national rail network...
.
Unusually, the station building is located on a bridge above the platforms, in a setup similar to
Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway stationLeixlip Louisa Bridge is a railway station which serves Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. Originally named Louisa Bridge & Leixlip when it opened on 1 September 1848 the station was known simply as Leixlip from 1851, until the opening of Leixlip Confey railway station in 1990...
. The station has a ticket counter, automatic ticket machines and a small coffee shop/smoothie bar.
The station is immediately adjacent to Dún Laoghaire Ferryport, for
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services to
HolyheadHolyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the north west of Wales.Although it is the largest town in the county, with a population of 11,237 , it is neither the county town nor actually on the island of Anglesey...
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History
The station was the southern terminus of the
Dublin and Kingstown RailwayThe Dublin and Kingstown Railway , which opened in 1834, was Ireland’s first railway. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour’s West Pier in County Dublin.
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and opened in 1837. It replaced the original
Kingstown Harbour station at the West Pier, close to the present-day
Salthill and Monkstown railway stationSalthill and Monkstown railway station serves the areas of Salthill and Monkstown in County Dublin, Ireland. It is situated in between Seapoint and Dun Laoghaire DART stations. The station has a car park, automated ticket machines and vending machines.The original Salthill station opened in May...
, when the line was extended closer to the harbour two years after the opening of the line; the delay being a result of local opposition in Kingstown.
Also called Kingstown Harbour, the new station was renamed
Kingstown in 1861, renamed
Dún Laoghaire in 1921 and received its present official name in 1966.
The original station building was replaced in 1854 by a new structure in a neo-classical style, designed by
John Skipton MulvanyJohn Skipton Mulvany was a notable Irish architect. He was the fourth son of Thomas James Mulvany, one of the founder members, with his own brother John George, of the Royal Hibernian Academy.-Career:...
. This served as the station until 1971, when the current arrangement was introduced. Mulvany's building is now
Hartley's restaurant,
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