Laytown railway station

Laytown
An Inse
Iarnród Éireann
Location Laytown, County Meath, A92 H102
Ireland
Coordinates 53°40′44″N 6°14′32″W / 53.6790°N 6.2423°W / 53.6790; -6.2423Coordinates: 53°40′44″N 6°14′32″W / 53.6790°N 6.2423°W / 53.6790; -6.2423
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code LTOWN
Fare zone C
Key dates
1844 Station opened
Northern Commuter
Belfast–Dublin line
 Newry(
one early-am
weekday trip
)
United Kingdom
Ireland
border
 Dundalk
to Navan
(freight only)
 Drogheda
 Laytown
 Gormanston
 Balbriggan
 Skerries
 Rush and Lusk
 Donabate
 Malahide
 Portmarnock
 Clongriffin
DART Howth Branch
Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
 KilbarrackDublin Area Rapid Transit
 RahenyDublin Area Rapid Transit
 HarmonstownDublin Area Rapid Transit
 KillesterDublin Area Rapid Transit
 Clontarf RoadDublin Area Rapid Transit
The Royal Canal

Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght
Loopline Bridge
 Tara Street
 Dublin Pearse
Dublin-Rosslare line
to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Laytown railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na hInse) serves Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland.

It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly Laytown races.

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844[1] and was renamed by the Great Northern Railway as Laytown & Bettystown in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Gormanston   Commuter
Northern Commuter		   Drogheda MacBride
A Great Northern Railway (Ireland) locomotive Slieve Gullion, on a special run by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in May 1985, heading through the station.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Laytown and Bettystown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
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