Donabate railway station

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Donabate Domhnach Bat
Location
Place	Donabate
Local authority	Fingal County Council
Coordinates	53°29′08″N 6°09′04″W / 53.4855°N 6.1512°W / 53.4855; -6.1512Coordinates: 53°29′08″N 6°09′04″W / 53.4855°N 6.1512°W / 53.4855; -6.1512
Operations
Station code	113
Platforms in use	2
History
1844	Station opens
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Northern Commuter

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To Belfast

Newry

(One early morning service per week day only)

Border

Dundalk Clarke

Drogheda-Navan (Freight Only)

Malahide(for DART)

DART Howth Branch

Howth Junction

KilbarrackDART

RahenyDART

HarmonstownDART

KillesterDART

Clontarf RoadDART

Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line (To Dublin Heuston)

Loopline Bridge

Tara Street

Dublin Pearse

(To Bray and Rosslare

The Platform 2 Waiting Area

The Historical Station House at Donabate. This House has Been There since 1844

Donabate railway station serves Donabate in Fingal. It s the first station from Dublin not served by DART services.

Description

An Enterprise Train Set passing Donabate. This Train is going at 90Mph

The station has two platforms, one for each of the two lines which run through the station. Built in the mid-19th century, the station has a traditional appearance. The booking office has a small waiting area and toilet facilities. There are two ticket-issuing machines and one part-time manned window for the purchase of tickets. The station is located in the centre of the town.

When the station was opened there was no footbridge built. When CIÉ closed Midleton Station in Cork, the GS&WR iron footbridge was moved to Donabate.This footbridge was subsequently removed in 2011 and replaced by a new bridge with steps and lifts for increased accessibility. In 2013, a new building was built on the platform containing ticket barriers.

Donabte is served by 22000 Class and 29000 Class diesel railcars. However 201 Class locomotives + DeDietrich rolling stock pass through on Enterprise services as do 071 Class locomotives + Tara Mines Wagons with mineral ore trains from Boliden Tara Mines near Navan.

The linespeed in Donabate is 90 mph, the highest on the Dublin - Belfast Mainline and the highset permittable speed of the DeDietrich coaches.

Under Transport 21, there were plans to continue the DART from Malahide railway station, through Donabate railway station and up to Balbriggan railway station, but this was shelved due to the economic downturn in ireland. The station has 2 Lifts And a Footbridge connecting the 2 Platforms.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Malahide		Commuter Northern Commuter		Rush & Lusk

External links

Irish Rail Donabate Station Website

The Signal Cabin at Donabate. Like the Station House, This is also Historical

A Close up of the Historical Train Station house Depicting the Sign "Donabate"

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