Hansfield railway station

Station near Dublin, Ireland

53°23′14″N 6°26′32″W / 53.3871°N 6.4421°W / 53.3871; -6.4421Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeHAFLDFare zoneSuburban 2Key dates28 June 2013Station opens

Hansfield railway station is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland. It lies on the Docklands to M3 Parkway Commuter service and serves housing estates including Hansfield, Ongar, Littlepace, and Barnwell, among others; it is also the station nearest Clonee.

Services at Hansfield station

The station is served by 47 trains Monday to Friday, and offers a typical journey time of 39 minutes to/from Docklands railway station at peak.^[1]

Passengers can travel to Docklands, Broombridge, Ashtown, Navan Road Parkway, Castleknock, and Coolmine at peak times Monday to Friday only. Direct travel is possible to Clonsilla, Dunboyne and M3 Parkway on services 7 days a week.

Passengers transfer at Clonsilla:

to travel at non peak times (including Saturday and Sunday) towards Dublin city centre.
to travel to Maynooth and both Leixlip stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to Sligo.
to travel to Drumcondra. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.

History

The station was planned by Fingal County Council as part of Hansfield Strategic Development Zone.^[2] While the railway line was opened in September 2010 as planned, Hansfield station remained closed because no road access to the station from the surrounding housing estates existed.^[3] When funding was provided in 2011 for the access road,^[4] Iarnród Éireann took possession of land to proceed. The station opened on Friday 28 June 2013.^[5]

Western Commuter

Legend

Dublin–Sligo Line

Enfield

Leixlip Louisa Bridge

Leixlip Confey

M3 Parkway

Dunboyne

Hansfield (serves Ongar)

to Liffey Junction

& Dublin Broadstone

(

closed

1937

)

The Royal Canal

Phoenix Park Tunnel

to Dublin Heuston

Drumcondra

Docklands

(

Spencer Dock)

The Royal Canal

Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght or Saggart

Loopline Bridge

Tara Street

Dublin Pearse

References

^ Train Timetables by Route
^ http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/HansfieldStrategicDevelopmentZone/ Archived 22 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hansfield Strategic Development Zone]
^ Rail station not to open until it has road link Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine - Irish Times 03/09/10
^ Station McGuinness featured on Hansfield train station opening Archived 28 July 2012 at archive.today
^ Dublin railway station opens after three year delay Archived 30 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, RTÉ News, 28 June 2013, retrieved 28 June 2013.