Hansfield railway station

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Hansfield railway station is a railway station in County Dublin, Ireland. It lies on the Docklands to M3 Parkway Commuter service and serves housing estates including Hansfield, Ongar, Littlepace, and Barnwell, among others; it is also the station nearest Clonee.

Services at Hansfield station

The station is served by 47 trains Monday to Friday, and offers a typical journey time of 39 minutes to/from Docklands railway station at peak.[https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route Train Timetables by Route]

Passengers can travel to Docklands, Broombridge, Ashtown, Navan Road Parkway, Castleknock, and Coolmine at peak times Monday to Friday only. Direct travel is possible to Clonsilla, Dunboyne and M3 Parkway on services 7 days a week.

Passengers transfer at Clonsilla:

to travel at non-peak times (including Saturday and Sunday) towards Dublin city centre.
to travel to Maynooth and both Leixlip stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to Sligo.
to travel to Drumcondra. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.

History

File:Hansfield station interior.jpg

The station was planned by Fingal County Council as part of Hansfield Strategic Development Zone.http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/HansfieldStrategicDevelopmentZone/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322072405/http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/HansfieldStrategicDevelopmentZone/ |date=22 March 2009 }} Hansfield Strategic Development Zone] While the railway line was opened in September 2010 as planned, Hansfield station remained closed because no road access to the station from the surrounding housing estates existed.[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rail-station-not-to-open-until-it-has-road-link-1.646044 Rail station not to open until it has road link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024053739/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0903/1224278128486.html |date=24 October 2012 }} - Irish Times 03/09/10 When funding was provided in 2011 for the access road,[http://www.davidmcguinness.ie/evening-herald-mcguinness-featured-on-hansfield-train-station-opening Station McGuinness featured on Hansfield train station opening] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120728122934/http://www.davidmcguinness.ie/evening-herald-mcguinness-featured-on-hansfield-train-station-opening |date=28 July 2012 }} Iarnród Éireann took possession of land to proceed. The station opened on Friday 28 June 2013.[http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0628/459355-hansfield-station/ Dublin railway station opens after three year delay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630233130/http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0628/459355-hansfield-station/ |date=30 June 2013 }}, RTÉ News, 28 June 2013, retrieved 28 June 2013.

Gallery

Hansfield bilingual railway station sign (2024).jpg|

Hansfield railway station signs (2024).jpg|

References

External links

[https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/station/hansfield Hansfield Station] Irish Rail Website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073523/http://www.irishrail.ie/Hansfield |date=21 September 2013 }}
[http://smu.gs/10rn7EO Hansfield opening day from photo website of 'The Wanderer']

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Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal

Category:Railway stations in Fingal

Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 2013