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Donabate railway station ( Irish: ''Stáisiún Dhomhnach Bat'') serves
Donabate Donabate () is an outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, about north-northeast of Dublin, within the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government area of Fingal. The town is on a peninsula on Ireland's east coast ...
in
Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which ...
. It is part of the
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network and is not yet served by DART services. The nearest DART station right now is the previous station, .


Description

The station has two platforms, one for each of the two lines which run through the station. Built in the mid-19th century, the station has a traditional appearance. The booking office has a small waiting area. There are two ticket-issuing machines and one part-time staffed window for the purchase of tickets. The station is located in the centre of the town. When the station was opened there was no footbridge built. When
CIÉ , or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport within the Republic of Ireland and jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Hold ...
closed Midleton station in Cork, the GS&WR iron footbridge was moved to
Donabate Donabate () is an outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, about north-northeast of Dublin, within the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government area of Fingal. The town is on a peninsula on Ireland's east coast ...
. This footbridge was subsequently removed in 2011 and replaced by a new bridge with steps and lifts for increased accessibility. In 2013, a new building was built on the platform containing ticket barriers. Whilst Midleton has since been reopened. Donabate is served by 22000 and 29000 Class diesel railcars. However 201 Class locomotives + DeDietrich rolling stock pass through on
Enterprise Enterprise (or the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to: Business and economics Brands and enterprises * Enterprise GP Holdings, an energy holding company * Enterprise plc, a UK civil engineering and maintenance company * Enterpris ...
services as do 071 Class locomotives +
Tara Mine Tara Mines is a zinc and lead mine near Navan, County Meath, Ireland. Tara is an underground mine where the orebody lies between 50 and 900 metres below the surface. The orebody is within the carbonate-hosted lead-zinc ore deposits of the Nav ...
s Wagons with mineral ore trains from Boliden Tara Mines near
Navan Navan ( ; , meaning "the Cave") is the county town and largest town of County Meath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is at the confluence of the River Boyne and Leinster Blackwater, Blackwater, around 50 km northwest of Dublin. At the ...
. The line speed in Donabate is 90 mph, the highest on the Dublin-Belfast railway line and the highest permittable speed of the DeDietrich coaches. The station has two lifts and a footbridge connecting Platforms 1 and 2. In 2015,
Irish Rail Irish commonly refers to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the island and the sovereign state *** Erse (disambiguati ...
closed the toilets at the station as part of a cost-cutting measure. File:Donabate Station Platform 2 - geograph.org.uk - 336139.jpg, The platform 2 waiting area File:Enterprise passing Donabate Station - geograph.org.uk - 336151.jpg, An Enterprise train passing Donabate. This train is going at 90 mph File:Donabate Signal Cabin - geograph.org.uk - 336143.jpg, The signal cabin at Donabate. Like the station house, this is also historical File:Donabate - County Dublin.jpg, A close up of the historical train station house depicting the sign "Donabate"


Future proposals

Under
Transport 21 Transport 21 was an Irish infrastructure plan, announced in November 2005. Its aims were to greatly expand Ireland's transport network. A cost estimate of €34 billion was attached to the plan at the time. The plan included continuing inves ...
, there were plans to continue the DART from
Malahide railway station Malahide railway station () serves Malahide, County Dublin. Geography The station lies on the Dublin to Belfast main line, from to the south, with and Belfast approximately and to the north respectively. To the south of the station li ...
, through Donabate railway station and up to
Drogheda railway station Drogheda MacBride railway station () is a railway station that serves Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. Description The present station is located on a sharp curve on the southern approach to the Boyne Viaduct. Formerly there were three lin ...
by 2015. However, this was delayed due to the
Great Recession The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009.
and was shelved in 2015 to make way for the development of the MetroLink. Subsequent long-term expansion plans have ambitions to electrify the station by 2040.https://www.irishrail.ie/Admin/IrishRail/media/Content/DART-brochure.PDF


See also

*
List of railway stations in Ireland This article lists railway stations both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The stations in the Republic of Ireland are generally operated by Iarnród Éireann and stations in Northern Ireland are generally operated by NI Railways. ...


References


External links


Irish Rail Donabate Station Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donabate Railway Station Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal Railway stations in County Dublin Railway stations in Fingal Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844