Hansfield railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. ...

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. It lies on the Docklands to M3 Parkway Commuter service and serves the housing estates of Ongar and Barnwell in the

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

of Hansfield.

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 Docklands Station (''Stáisiún Dugthailte'') is a terminus railway station serving the Dublin Docklands area in Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and planned as part of the Government Transport 21 initiative. The island plat ...

at peak. From Ongar, passengers can walk directly to Hansfield train station and travel to Docklands, Broombridge, Ashtown, Navan Road Parkway,

Castleknock Castleknock () is an affluent suburb located west of the centre of Dublin city, Ireland. It is centered on the village of the same name in Fingal. In addition to the suburb, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: ...

, and

Coolmine Coolmine () is a primarily residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, in the jurisdiction of Fingal. It is also a townland in the civil parish of Clonsilla. Location and access Coolmine is located between the suburban areas of Blanchardstown (to ...

at peak times Monday to Friday only. Direct travel is possible to

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Dunboyne Dunboyne () is a town in Meath, Ireland. It is a commuter town for Dublin. In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of Dunboyne more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitants. Location Dunboyne is centred on the ...

and M3 Parkway on services 7 days a week. Passengers transfer at

: *to travel at non peak times (including Saturday and Sunday) towards Dublin city centre. *to travel to

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and both

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stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to

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. *to travel to Drumcondra. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.

History

The station was planned by

Fingal County Council Fingal County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of Fingal, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolit ...

as part of ''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. When funding was provided in 2011 for the access road,Station McGuinness featured on Hansfield train station opening

Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal InterCity, Commuter, DART and fr ...

took possession of land to proceed. The station opened on Friday 28 June 2013.Dublin railway station opens after three year delay
,

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, 28 June 2013, retrieved 28 June 2013.

References

External links

Irish Rail Hansfield Station Website

Hansfield opening day from photo website of 'The Wanderer'
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(Dunboyne Branch), col=00bb00 Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal Railway stations in Fingal Railway stations opened in 2013

Services at Hansfield station

History

See also

References

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