Maynooth railway station serves the town of

Maynooth Maynooth (; ga, Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University (part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and St Patrick's ...

in north

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, Ireland. It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to

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long-distance commuter service and Dublin to

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InterCity service.

Description

It is situated on the south side of the Royal Canal, opposite Dukes' Harbour. Access to Maynooth is by either the footbridge to the west, which leads to the Main Street of Maynooth; west along the canal walk to residential areas of the town, or via the road bridges to the east, which lead north to the older part of Maynooth, or south to the newer areas. The station has two staffed ticket desks and four automated ticket machines, one inside and three outside the station building. The ticket office is open from 06:00 AM to 23:15 PM, Monday to Sunday. The footbridge crossing the tracks and connecting the two platforms was originally situated at

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. From Maynooth onwards to

, the line is a

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, the line being a

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from Maynooth to Bray. The 2018 NTA Heavy Rail Census showed 6,625 passengers using the station on the day of the survey, up from 6,228 in 2017 and 5,262 in 2016.

Platforms

The station has two platforms; platform 1 on the north side of the station (where the station building is located) and platform 2 over the footbridge on the south side of the station. Platform 2 is used only a few times a day, when Commuter and

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services are in the station at the same time.

References

External links

{{commons category, Maynooth railway station
Irish Rail Maynooth Station Website
Iarnród Éireann stations in County Kildare Railway stations opened in 1848 1848 establishments in Ireland Railway stations closed in 1963 1963 disestablishments in Ireland 1981 establishments in Ireland Railway stations opened in 1981 Railway stations in Ireland opened in 1848

Description

Platforms

See also

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