Dalkey railway station

Dalkey railway station (Stáisiún Dheilginis) is a railway station that serves Dalkey in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

History
Dalkey was initially served by the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway station located 850 metres north of the current station, which opened on 29 March 1844 and closed on 12 April 1854. The current station was opened on 10 July 1854 when the Dublin and Wicklow Railway opened their coastal branch from Bray to Kingstown (later Dún Laoghaire) and took over the atmospheric railway. The coastal line later took over the Dublin and Kingstown Railway in 1857, bringing services to Westland Row (later Pearse) in Dublin.

The station building was designed by George Wilkinson to a similar design to Dundrum. There used to be a small goods yard adjacent to the southbound platform until it was closed for goods traffic on 30 March 1964. The station later became part of the DART on 23 July 1984.

Services
As of 2023, the peak service pattern is as follows:

Northbound


 * 3 to Howth.
 * 3 tph to Malahide.

Southbound


 * 6 tph to Bray Daly, of which 2 tph extend to Greystones.

The information office is open between 07:00-10:00 AM, Monday to Friday.

Connections
There is no public transport to or from the station, but the nearest bus stop is located 350 m from the station, on the other end of the village. This is served by Dublin Bus routes 7D/7E from Mountjoy Square to Dalkey via Dún Laoghaire, Go-Ahead Ireland routes 59 from Killiney to Dún Laoghaire and 111 from Dalkey to Brides Glen Luas stop in Cherrywood, via Dún Laoghaire and the Aircoach route 703 from Killiney Castle to Dublin Airport.

Accidents and incidents

 * On 16 November 1979, a passenger train collided with a stationary passenger train. Thirty-six people were injured.