Duleek railway station
Duleek railway station is a former railway station that served the town of Duleek in County Meath. Located on the Drogheda-Oldcastle branch line and operated by the GNR(I), the station opened in 1850 and closed to passenger services, along with the rest of the line, in 1958.[1]
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The pressure group Rail Users Ireland have proposed that, as part of their plan to institute a rail service between Dublin and Navan using the Oldcastle branch that is in situ, Duleek station be rebuilt and reopened as a park and ride. Rail Users Ireland claims that this would form part of a €54 million upgrade of the route for passenger services as an alternative to Iarnród Éireann's two stage proposal to reopen the route from Clonsilla.[2]
Rail replacement bus
[edit]A rail replacement bus was introduced in 1958 and this route continues to this day[when?] as Bus Éireann route number 190 (Drogheda-Duleek-Slane-Navan with a latter extension to either Trim or Athboy). This was formally route 188.[3] Until the 1980s/early 1990s the bus also served Drogheda railway station.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Drogheda | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Drogheda-Oldcastle | Beaupark |
References
[edit]- ^ Duleek station - railbrit.co.uk
- ^ Navan Already Has a Rail Line to Dublin - Rail Users Ireland
- ^ "Bus Eireann Introduces Revised Route 190/190A service from Laytown-Trim via Drogheda and Navan". buseireann.ie. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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