Porterstown station is a proposed

transport interchange A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between mode of transport, transport modes. Public transport hubs include train station, railway stations, metro station, rapid transit stations, bus ...

intended for the Porterstown area of

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. As proposed, the project was intended to form an interchange between

heavy rail Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas: Rapid transit A rapid transit system is an electric railway characterized by high speed (~) and rapid acceleratio ...

services operated by

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and

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operations on the proposed

Dublin Metro MetroLink is a proposed metro line for the city of Dublin. It replaces an earlier proposal called Metro North which was first recommended in the then Irish Government's 2005 Transport 21 transport plan. The line is proposed to run from Estua ...

's Metro West line. If built as proposed, the station would be located on the Maynooth Line and would have

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services operating to

Mullingar Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midland Region, with a population of 22,667 in the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. The Counties of M ...

and

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, as well as

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services. The Dublin Metro is a proposed light rail operation, with some designs for the station speculating that it would be built on an elevated section over the railway line adjacent to the

Royal Canal The Royal Canal () is a canal originally built for freight and passenger transportation from Dublin to Longford in Ireland. It is one of two canals from Dublin to the River Shannon and was built in direct competition to the Grand Canal. Th ...

near Luttrellstown Community College. The Metro West line was indefinitely postponed in late 2011, with no capital funding allocated. It was not included in the Transport Strategy For The Greater Dublin Area of 2016, and described as "halted completely" as of 2021.

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