Clondalkin/Fonthill railway station

Clondalkin/Fonthill
Location	Clondalkin Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′00″N 6°24′22″W / 53.3334°N 6.4062°W / 53.3334; -6.4062Coordinates: 53°20′00″N 6°24′22″W / 53.3334°N 6.4062°W / 53.3334; -6.4062
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
13 October 2008	Station opened

Clondalkin/Fonthill railway station (also known as Fonthill Road on Irish Rail Information screens and Clondalkin and Fonthill on onboard train announcements) serves the suburb of Clondalkin in County Dublin.

It opened on 13 October 2008,^[1] and is located on the R113 road (in particular, the section known as the Fonthill Road), west of Clondalkin, between Ronanstown and the Nangor Road.

It is served by South Western Commuter services.

The station has four through platforms, although not all are currently in service pending completion of the Kildare Route Project, a major project to upgrade the South Western Commuter line.

Under Transport 21 plans, Clondalkin/Fonthill would interchange with a station of the planned Dublin Metro's Metro West line called Fonthill.

History

The current station replaced the former Clondalkin railway station, located less than 1 km east of the new station on the South Western Commuter line, at Cloverhill Industrial Estate. The station opened on 4 August 1846 and was closed to passengers on 20 January 1947 and for goods traffic on 9 June 1947.^[2] It re-opened for passengers when the South Western Commuter service (originally known as Arrow) began on 16 May 1994.

The station again closed after the final train on 12 October 2008.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail Clondalkin Fonthill Station Website

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Park West & Cherry Orchard		Commuter South Western Commuter		Adamstown
	Future
Park West & Cherry Orchard		DART Line 2		Kishoge
	Dublin Metro
	Future
Clondalkin		Metro West		Rowlagh