Howth Junction & Donaghmede railway station () serves the area of

Donaghmede Donaghmede () is a mixed socio-economic residential suburb on the northern side of Dublin, Ireland, formed from parts of Baldoyle, Coolock and Raheny in the 1970s. It contains a mid-size shopping centre and a ruined chapel. Location Donaghm ...

, and parts of

Kilbarrack Kilbarrack ( or 'church of young Barra') is a residential suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre. It is also a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the ancient Barony ( ...

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, Ireland. One entrance is located in Donaghmede, the other in Kilbarrack, and it is where the line to

Howth Howth ( ; ; ) is a peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The district as a whole occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, which forms the northern boundary of Dublin Bay, and includes the ...

branches off the Belfast–Dublin line, making it the key exchange station on the northern section of the DART suburban railway system.

History

Howth Junction station opened on 1 October 1848.

2021 assault

A woman was knocked onto a rail track at the station around 9pm on 1 April 2021. CCTV of the incident circulated on social media. It showed teens standing on the platform. When one woman ran by, two teens attempted to shove her, one of them moving his bike into her path. A second woman with a bag ran by, the bike was shoved in her direction and she fell under the DART. Onlookers tried to help her and a security guard helped her as onlookers urged the driver not to move off in case she was injured. Youths were seen on CCTV moving away from the incident. Gardaí are treating it as an assault. On 13 May 2021 Gardaí announced they had arrested three teenagers, two aged 16 and one aged 13. Gardaí announced that they had started a search of five locations pursuant to section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997. The teens were arrested under suspicion of violent disorder under the Public Order Act 1994. All three were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. They were held at Garda stations in Coolock,

Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 AD (Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary), Mervyn Archdall). The district ...

and Clontarf.

Operations

The ticket office is open from 5:45 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday to Sunday.

In popular culture

The station is mentioned in Damien Dempsey's song "Factories".

Services

References

External links

Irish Rail Howth Junction Station Website

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