Gormanston railway station

Gormanston railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Mhic Gormáin) (often mistakenly written Gormanstown^[1]) serves Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between Balbriggan and Laytown, north of a cast-iron bridge on which the line crosses the River Delvin.

Gormanston Baile Mhic Gormáin
Train in Gormanston station (1988)
General information
Location	Station Road, Gormanston, County Meath, K32 TK82 Ireland
Coordinates	53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°W / 53.6372; -6.2168Coordinates: 53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°W / 53.6372; -6.2168
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTON
Fare zone	B
Key dates
1845	Station opened

History

 

Signal box (1982), now moved to Dromod

v t e Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line   Newry   ( one early-am weekday trip )   United Kingdom Ireland border   Dundalk Clarke     to Navan (freight only)   Drogheda MacBride   Laytown   Mosney 2000   Gormanston   Balbriggan   Skerries   Rush and Lusk   Donabate   Malahide   Portmarnock   Clongriffin     DART Howth Branch   Howth Junction & Donaghmede   Kilbarrack     Raheny     Harmonstown     Killester     Clontarf Road         The Royal Canal       Dublin Connolly         Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart       Loopline Bridge   Tara Street   Dublin Pearse   Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

The station opened in May 1845 as part of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

It was the scene of a shooting during the Irish Civil War. On Monday 29 May 1922, Staff Captain James Flanagan (Anti-Treaty IRA) was shot by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary.^[2][3] A Royal Irish Constabulary officer was also killed.

Buildings and facilities

The station has a single-storey wooden station building on the up platform which was partially demolished to make way for a car park. A GNR style waiting room is located on the up platform. At the north end of the down platform was a signal cabin. This was moved to Dromod, Co. Leitrim, and is preserved there. A brick goods shed and the adjacent single storey station masters house stand the north end of the station.^[4]

Accidents and incidents

• On Monday 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.^[5]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Gormanstown". Transport for Ireland.
2. . Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
3. "Gormanstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
4. "Gormanston". Eiretrains.
5. "REPORT OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT GORMANSTON RAILWAY STATION ON 21ST OCTOBER, 1974" (PDF). Dublin: Department of Transport and Power via Rail Accident Investigation Unit. January 1975. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

External links

• Irish Rail Gormanston Station Website
• Eiretrains - Gormanston Station

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Balbriggan		Commuter Northern Commuter		Laytown
	Future
Balbriggan		DART Line 2 (phase 2)		Laytown
	Disused railways
Balbriggan Line and station open		Arrow Northern Arrow		Mosney Line open, station closed