Docklands railway station

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The station building as seen from Sheriff St, 23 March 2007.

Docklands Station is a new railway station serving the Dublin Docklands area in Ireland owned by Córas Iompair Éireann.

The station opened for commuter services from a temporary location on Sheriff Street in the North Wall area of Dublins Northside on 12 March 2007^[1], construction having commenced on 9 March 2006^[2]. It is the first new station heavy rail in Dublin city centre since Tara Street opened in 1891. This new station was required because the nearby Connolly Station has reached capacity and could not support additional commuter services to County Meath.

As-of March 2007 the temporary two-platform station is one of two termini for the Western Commuter service run by Iarnród Éireann. Hourly services from the station run to Clonsilla on the Maynooth/Longford line. The temporary station is linked to the city centre by the 151 and 93 bus services.

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The Docklands station will move to a permanent location in the Spencer Dock site as part of the Interconnector tunnel plan under the government's Transport 21 initiative, due to be completed by 2015. Planning conditions attached to the temporary site state that it must be removed by May 2016^[3]. The extended Luas Red Line will then connect with the station and the rail services will run onwards to Pearse Station linking with the DART and to Heuston Station linking with commuter services to Kildare and intercity services to the south.