Enfield railway station (Ireland)

Enfield railway station (Irish: Stáisiún traenach Bhóthar Buí) serves the town of Enfield in County Meath, Ireland.

Enfield

An Bóthar Buí
Iarnród Éireann
Enfield, County Meath railway station in 2021.
General information
LocationStation Yard, Enfield, County Meath, A83 FH48
Ireland
Coordinates53°24′59″N 6°50′1″W / 53.41639°N 6.83361°W / 53.41639; -6.83361
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Bus routes1
Bus operatorsTFI Local Link
Connections189
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeENFLD
Fare zoneD
Key dates
1847Station opened
1963Station closed
1988Station reopens

It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford commuter service and Dublin to Sligo Intercity Service. Passengers change at Maynooth to travel to stations on the Dublin to Maynooth and Dublin to M3 Parkway commuter services.[1]

Description

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A water tower exists at the Mullingar end of the station, which is now disused.[2] There is also a passing loop. Although no stations now exist between here and Mullingar, a passing loop remains in use at Killucan, between Enfield and Mullingar.[3]

Within Enfield railway station, there are two Porter's Houses, owned by Cravens and McDonalds. The two houses are owned by the families and leased to C.I.E. The McDonald family worked at Enfield railway station within the signal cabin, the Craven family come from a long tradition of families that worked on the railway and built coaches that ran on the railway.[citation needed]

History

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Signal box at Enfield railway station in 2020, now disused.

The railway reached Enfield in 1847, when the Midland Great Western Railway opened between Broadstone Station in Dublin and Enfield railway station (opened on 28 June 1847).[4]

Upon the opening of the railway, canal boats ceased all passenger traffic between Dublin and Enfield. Passengers travelling west used the train to Enfield and transferred to the canal in the town.[citation needed] Both the canal and the railway having stop over points in Enfield, this contributed to the development of the area.[5]

The line was extended to Hill of Down by the end of 1847 and to Mullingar in October 1848. In 1877, a branch line from Nesbitt Junction (about 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Enfield) to Edenderry was opened. The Edenderry branch line and Enfield station closed in 1963, although there had been no regular passenger service to Edenderry since 1931.[4]

Passenger services from Enfield resumed in 1988.[4]

A park and ride facility was opened in 2009.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Irish Rail Printable Timetables". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Enfield Railway Station, Posseckstown, Enfield, County Meath". www.buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Killucan". www.eiretrains.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Irish Railways" (PDF). www.railscot.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Enfield History". www.enfieldonline.net. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ Finegan, Noelle (29 April 2009). "New car park opens for Enfield rail commuters". Meath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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Dublin-Sligo main line
Year
closed
 
 
 
Sligo Quay freight terminal
2000
 
Ballysodare
1963
 
Ballisodare River
 
 
1957
 
 
 
 
1963
 
Collooney
 
Ballymote
 
Kilfree Junction
1963
 
 
1963
 
Boyle
 
Carrick-on-Shannon
 
Drumsna
1963
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dromod
 
Newtown Forbes
1963
 
Longford
 
Edgeworthstown
 
Street & Rathowen
1963
 
 
1959
 
Inny Junction
1931
 
Multyfarnham
1963
 
Clonhugh
1963
 
 
 
 
 
 
1964
 
Mullingar
 
Killucan
1963
 
Hill of Down
1963
 
 
Moyvalley
1963
 
 
to Edenderry
1931
 
Enfield
 
Ferns Lock
1963
 
Kilcock
 
Maynooth
 
Blakestown
 
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
 
Leixlip Confey
 
Lucan North
1941
 
Barberstown
 
 
 
Clonsilla
 
Coolmine
 
Coolmine
 
Castleknock
 
Blanchardstown
1937
 
Navan Road Parkway
 
Ashtown
 
Ashtown
 
Pelletstown
 
Reilly's Bridge
1847
 
Broombridge
 
Liffey Junction
passengers 1937
goods 1977
 
 
Dublin Broadstone
1937
 
Glasnevin
1910
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drumcondra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dublin Connolly  
 
 
 
 

  = Western Commuter
Western Commuter
 
 
Longford
 
Edgeworthstown
 
Mullingar
 
Enfield
 
Kilcock
 
Maynooth
 
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
 
Leixlip Confey
 
 
M3 Parkway
 
 
Dunboyne
 
 
Hansfield (serves Ongar)
 
 
 
Clonsilla
 
Coolmine
 
Castleknock
 
Navan Road Parkway
 
Ashtown
 
Pelletstown
 
Broombridge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drumcondra
 
 
 
Docklands
(  Spencer Dock)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dublin Connolly  
 
 
 
 
 
Tara Street
 
Dublin Pearse
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann Following station
Kilcock   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo railway line
  Mullingar
Kilcock   Commuter
Western Commuter
  Mullingar
  Disused railways  
Kilcock   Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin-Galway/Sligo
  Moyvalley