Laytown railway station

53°40′44″N 6°14′32″W / 53.6790°N 6.2423°W / 53.6790; -6.2423Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeLTOWNFare zoneCKey dates1844Station opened

Laytown railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na hInse) serves Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland.

It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly Laytown races.

History

A Great Northern Railway (Ireland) locomotive Slieve Gullion, on a special run by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in May 1985, heading through the station.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Northern Commuter
Legend
Newry NI Railways
(
one early-am
weekday trip
)
United Kingdom
Ireland
border
 Dundalk Clarke
to Navan
(freight only)
 Drogheda MacBride
Laytown
Mosney
2000
 Gormanston
Balbriggan
Skerries
Rush and Lusk
Donabate
Malahide
Portmarnock
Clongriffin
DART Howth Branch
Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
 Kilbarrack
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Raheny
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Harmonstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Killester
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 Clontarf Road
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
 The Royal Canal
Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse

The station opened on 25 May 1844[1] and was renamed by the Great Northern Railway as Laytown & Bettystown in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Laytown and Bettystown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laytown railway station.
  • Irish Rail Laytown Station Website
  • Eiretrains - Laytown Station
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Gormanston   Commuter
Northern Commuter 		  Drogheda MacBride
  Future  
Gormanston   DART
Line 2 (phase 2) 		  Drogheda MacBride
  Disused railways  
Mosney
Line open, station closed 		  Arrow Northern Arrow   Drogheda MacBride
Line and station open