Connolly station
















































































Connolly


Baile Átha Cliath Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile



Iarnród Éireann
Luas


Dublin Connolly railway station 2006.jpg
The façade of the station, 2006

Location
Amiens Street, Dublin 1, D01 V6V6
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates
53°21′04″N 6°15′01″W / 53.351210°N 6.250185°W / 53.351210; -6.250185Coordinates: 53°21′04″N 6°15′01″W / 53.351210°N 6.250185°W / 53.351210; -6.250185
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 9 (including 2 for Luas)
Bus routes 90
Bus operators Dublin Bus
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code CNLLY
Fare zone Suburban 1
History
Opened 29 November 1844; 174 years ago (1844-11-29)
Key dates
1844 Opened as Dublin Station
1854 Renamed Amiens Street Station
1966 Renamed Connolly Station after Irish revolutionary and socialist James Connolly on the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising
1983 Station upgraded
1999 Station refurbished and partially rebuilt



Arrivals/Departures board in 2006




Departures board in June 2015




Commuter and DART trains at Dublin Connolly Station




Platform 3 at Connolly Station with an InterCity train arriving on platform 4


Connolly station (Irish: Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is the busiest railway station in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey, it provides InterCity and commuter services to the north, north-west, south-east and south-west. The North-South Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Luas light rail services also pass through the station. The station offices are the headquarters of Irish Rail, Iarnród Éireann.
Opened in 1844 as Dublin Station, the ornate facade has a distinctive Italianate tower at its centre.




Contents






  • 1 Services


    • 1.1 InterCity


    • 1.2 DART


    • 1.3 Commuter




  • 2 Statistics


  • 3 History


    • 3.1 Docklands railway station


    • 3.2 City Centre Resignalling Project




  • 4 Future


    • 4.1 Connolly Station Area Redevelopment




  • 5 Connections


    • 5.1 Rail and ferry connections at Dublin Port


    • 5.2 Former ferry and DART connection at Dún Laoghaire


    • 5.3 Rail and ferry connections at Rosslare Europort




  • 6 See also


  • 7 Gallery


  • 8 Bibliography


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





Services


Connolly has seven platforms; four terminal (1-4) and three through - the former Amiens Street Junction station - (5-7). The ticket office is open from 06:30 hrs to 19:00 hrs, Monday to Sunday. The station also features a depot for the Commuter, the InterCity and the Enterprise.



InterCity


There are three InterCity routes served:



  • The Enterprise service to Belfast Central (intermediate stops, Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Portadown and Lisburn)


  • Sligo Mac Diarmada non-stop to Maynooth and calling at all stations to Sligo. Peak services call at Drumcondra.


  • Rosslare Europort, calling at Tara Street, Dublin Pearse, Dun Laoghaire, Bray, Greystones and all stations to Rosslare Europort. Not all services call at Kilcoole. Peak services call at Blackrock, Lansdowne Road and Grand Canal Dock. The 16:33 departure from Connolly to Rosslare Europort offers a connection to ferries for Wales and France.



DART


DART use platforms equipped with overhead wires (Platforms 4, 5, 6, and 7). Terminal platform 4 is also electrified. As of October 2018 there are 4 DARTs per hour in each direction on weekdays. These are:


  • Northbound

2 per hour to Howth


2 per hour to Malahide


  • Southbound

2 per hour to Bray


2 per hour to Greystones


Usually, most trains run from Greystones to Malahide and from Bray to Howth. After years of delays, Irish Rail increased the DART frequency to every ten minutes in September 2018 which increased the number of trains per hour in Howth and Malahide to 3 and those terminating at Bray to 4 per hour but kept Greystones at 2 per hour, with some peak services also terminating at Dún Laoghaire. It is also planned to expand the DART lines to Maynooth, Hazelhatch and Balbriggan or Drogheda.



Commuter


Some Commuter services run along the DART line as far as Malahide. There are 2 Commuter services per hour in each direction off peak. These are:


  • Maynooth from platforms 6 or 7

Calling at all stations to Maynooth.


  • Drogheda/Dundalk from platform 6 or 7

Calling at Malahide and all stations to Drogheda/Dundalk, with some services also calling at Howth Junction, Clongriffin and Portmarnock.


2 trains per hour to Dublin Pearse from platform 5 or 6.


Peak time services also run to Longford, Hazelhatch, Newbridge, Newry, Dundalk, Balbriggan, Grand Canal Dock and Bray. There are also 3 trains per day from M3 Parkway to Connolly but do not run the return journey.



Statistics

































Year Daily Passenger Exit and Entry Change[1]
2012 27,605 NA
2013 25,823
Decrease 1,782
2014 24,960
Decrease 863
2015 28,506
Increase 3,846
2016 30,966
Increase 2,460




History



The station opened on 29 November 1844[2] by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company as Dublin Station, but was renamed Amiens Street Station ten years later after the street on which it is located. Originally the station served only a single mainline to Drogheda, and in 1853 through services to Belfast commenced. In 1891, the City of Dublin Junction Railway connected the station with Westland Row Station (now Pearse Station) on the city's South side. The City of Dublin Junction had a separate station known as Amiens Street Junction consisting of the present platforms 5, 6, and 7 (currently used by DART, Commuter and Rosslare services) with a separate street entrance. After the amalgamation of the GNR (I) at the end of the 1950s, this station became part of Amiens Street and the separate entrance fell into disuse. The City of Dublin Junction Railway allowed services to run from Amiens Street through to Westland Row to Rosslare and the South East. Services to Sligo were transferred to Westland Row (Pearse Station) running non-stop through the station in 1937, with the closure of Broadstone Station by CIÉ (see also MGWR). Services to Galway and Mayo also terminated at Westland Row, operating through Connolly Station after 1937, running via Mullingar and Athlone. This was discontinued in the 1970s in favour of running services from Heuston Station. Sunday trains to Cork, Limerick and Waterford during the 1960s operated from Connolly platforms 5, 6 and 7 through the Phoenix Park Tunnel, so as to avoid the cost of opening Heuston for the limited Sunday traffic demand at that time.


In 1966, the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the station's name was changed to Connolly Station after Irish revolutionary and socialist James Connolly. At the same time, other main stations were renamed after patriots executed for their roles in the Rising.


At the commencement of DART services in 1984, the City of Dublin Junction Railway entrance was refurbished and reopened for commuters.


During the late 1990s, Connolly Station was completely renovated and partially rebuilt. An entirely new station hall was built, the roof over platforms 1 to 4 was replaced, and a new bar/café and shops were installed. The former DART/Suburban station entrance (City of Dublin Junction Railway entrance) and the secondary station hall built with the DART (further north on Amiens Street) were again closed, but a new entrance on the International Financial Services Centre side was opened. The Luas Red Line began serving the station in 2004. As part of the preparation for this, the ramp that had been a bus terminus was demolished and replaced with a two-platform tram station connected to the main concourse by escalators and lift.



Docklands railway station


The opening of Docklands Station in March 2007 has provided an extra terminus station to take pressure from Connolly. During Monday to Friday peak times, trains from M3 Parkway and Dunboyne arrive at Docklands. It also provides an alternative terminus for the Western Commuter line to Mullingar if needed.


Docklands is the planned terminus for services to Navan.


As part of the DART Underground, Docklands will be replaced or supplemented by a new underground Spencer Dock station; this will further increase capacity in Connolly Station.



City Centre Resignalling Project


According to Iarnród Éireann, the project has provided the ability to operate 20 trains per hour in both directions through the Howth Junction to Grand Canal Dock line, which caters for Howth DARTs, Malahide DARTs, Northern Commuter trains, Belfast Enterprise services, Sligo InterCity, Western and South Western Commuter services, as well as other services in the Connolly to Grand Canal Dock area.[3] This means that more trains travel through Connolly rather than terminating; it has also facilitated the use of the Phoenix Park rail tunnel for commuter rail connections.[4]
The project began in March 2015 and was commissioned on 17 July 2016.





Future



Connolly Station Area Redevelopment


This project will involve redeveloping the east section of the Connolly station area "to provide 81,500 sq. m. of mixed commercial, residential community and leisure uses comprising 50,200 sq. m. of office accommodation; 106 apartments; a hotel; retail and restaurants and a crèche." [5]


In April 2012 CIÉ received planning approval from Dublin city Council for the redevelopment.[6] This project was put to tender by CIÉ in Autumn 2015. In September 2017 CIÉ announced it was seeking a partner to develop Connolly Station site. [7]



Connections


While Connolly mainly connects Dublin to the East Coast of Ireland and to Sligo, Dublin Heuston serves the South and West of the country. Connolly Station is connected to Heuston via the Luas tram. Rail links connect the two stations passing through a tunnel under the Phoenix Park. Since 21 November 2016, passenger services regularly use it. Up until then, its main purpose was the transfer of rolling stock and locomotives (the main service depot is at Inchicore, just outside Heuston).[4]




































































































Preceding station
 

Iarnrod Eireann simple logo 2013.png Iarnród Éireann
 
Following station

Drogheda
MacBride
 

Enterprise
Dublin-Belfast
 
Terminus

Maynooth
or
Drumcondra
 

InterCity
Dublin-Sligo
 
Terminus
 

InterCity
Dublin-Rosslare
 

Tara Street
 

Commuter
South Eastern Commuter
 

Howth Junction
or
Portmarnock
or
Malahide
 

Commuter
Northern Commuter
 

Tara Street
or
Terminus

Drumcondra
 

Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch)

 

Drumcondra
 

Commuter
South Western Commuter (City Branch)
Peak times only

 

Tara Street

Clontarf Road
 

DART
Trans-Dublin
 

Tara Street
Preceding station
 

Luas
 
Following station
Terminus
 

Red Line
 

Busáras
towards Tallaght or Saggart
 

Future
 

Drumcondra
 

DART
Line 1
 

Tara Street


Disused railways


Great Victoria
Street
 

Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Enterprise Express
 
Terminus


Rail and ferry connections at Dublin Port


The station is connected by bus to Dublin Port with Stena Line ferries from the Ferry Terminal to Holyhead, with connecting trains along the North Wales Coast Line to Bangor (Gwynedd) railway station, Llandudno Junction, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Chester, Crewe and stations to London Euston. SailRail is promoted as a viable alternative to air transport by using trains and ferries to reach places across the Irish Sea.[8]


Holyhead can also be reached by Irish Ferries or Stena Line from Dublin Port, reached by walking beside the tram lines around the corner from Amiens Street, Dublin into Store Street or by Luas one stop to Busáras where Dublin Bus operates a service to the Ferry Terminal, or Dublin Bus route 53 [9] or to take a taxi.



Former ferry and DART connection at Dún Laoghaire


The ferry service from Dún Laoghaire was discontinued indefinitely in September 2014. Passengers traveled on the DART to Dún Laoghaire to sail using the Stena Line service. Now the route is a bus via Dublin Port to Holyhead as above.



Rail and ferry connections at Rosslare Europort


InterCity trains from Connolly to Rosslare Europort connect with the evening ferry to Fishguard Harbour with through ticketing to places including Carmarthen, Llanelli and Swansea.[8][10]


Irish Ferries and Stena Line operate ferries from Rosslare Europort to Cherbourg in France. There is also a seasonal route to Roscoff operated by Irish Ferries.[11][12]



See also



  • List of railway stations in Ireland

  • Dublin Connolly railway station (DART)



Gallery




Bibliography



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References





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  2. ^ "Dublin Amiens Street" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 31 August 2007.


  3. ^ "City Centre Resignalling Project". Irishrail.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2015.


  4. ^ ab "Plans for four trains an hour in Phoenix Park tunnel next year". The Herald. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.


  5. ^ "Connolly Station Dublin 1IMG Planning | IMG Planning". Imgplanning.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2015.


  6. ^ Cormac Murphy (17 April 2012). "Vision to improve Connolly Station given the go-ahead". Herald.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2015.


  7. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/ci%C3%A9-seeks-partner-to-develop-connolly-station-site-1.3216964


  8. ^ ab "SailRail". Irishrail.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2015.


  9. ^ "53 - Dublin Bus". Dublinbus.ie. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.


  10. ^ "Rosslare to Fishguard". Stenaline.ie. Retrieved 28 May 2012.


  11. ^ "Ferry To France From Ireland | Cheap Ferry To France". Irishferries.com. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2015.


  12. ^ "Ferry to Britain, France & Rest of Europe - Stena Line". Celticlinkferries.com. Retrieved 16 April 2015.




External links







  • Irish Rail Dublin Connolly Station Website

  • Luas Connolly Stop information




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