Dalkey railway station

Dalkey Deilginis
Dalkey Station, Main Building as seen from platform 1
General information
Location	Sorrento Drive, Dalkey, County Dublin, A96 TF10 Ireland
Coordinates	53°16′33″N 6°6′13″W / 53.27583°N 6.10361°W / 53.27583; -6.10361
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Architect	George Wilkinson
Other information
Station code	DLKEY
Fare zone	Suburban 2
History
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
10 July 1854	Station opens
30 March 1964	Station closes for goods traffic
1983	Station upgraded
23 July 1984	DART services commence
2011	Station refurbished

Dalkey railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Dheilginis) is a railway station that serves Dalkey in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

Dalkey was initially served by the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway station located 850 metres north of the current station, which opened on 29 March 1844 and closed on 12 April 1854.^[1] The current station was opened on 10 July 1854 when the Dublin and Wicklow Railway opened their coastal branch from Bray to Kingstown (later Dún Laoghaire) and took over the atmospheric railway.^[2] The coastal line later took over the Dublin and Kingstown Railway in 1857, bringing services to Westland Row (later Pearse) in Dublin.

The station building was designed by George Wilkinson to a similar design to Dundrum. A small goods yard adjacent to the southbound platform closed for goods traffic on 30 March 1964. The station later became part of the DART on 23 July 1984.

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Belfast–Dublin Main Line Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly   to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge over River Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill & Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove & Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (under construction) Bray Daly Greystones Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

As of 2023, the peak service pattern is as follows:^[3]

Northbound

• 3 tph to Howth.
• 3 tph to Malahide.

Southbound

• 6 tph to Bray Daly, of which 2 tph extend to Greystones.

The information office is open between 07:00-10:00 AM, Monday to Friday.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Glenageary		DART		Killiney
	Disused railways
Kingstown and Sandycove Line and station open		Dublin and Wicklow Railway Coastal line		Obelisk Hill Line open, station closed

There is no public transport to or from the station, but the nearest bus stop is located three hundred and fifty metres (1,150 ft) from the station, on the other end of the village. This is served by Dublin Bus routes 7D/7E from Mountjoy Square to Dalkey via Dún Laoghaire, Go-Ahead Ireland routes 59 from Killiney to Dún Laoghaire and 111 from Dalkey to Brides Glen Luas stop in Cherrywood, via Dún Laoghaire and the Aircoach route 703 from Killiney Castle to Dublin Airport.

• On 16 November 1979, a passenger train collided with a stationary passenger train. Thirty-six people were injured.^[4]

• List of railway stations in Ireland

• Shepherd, Ernie (1974). The Dublin & South Eastern Railway (1974 ed.). David and Charles. ISBN 0715363611.

• Irish Rail Dalkey Station Website