Rush and Lusk railway station

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Rush and Lusk
An Ros agus Lusca

Rush & Lusk railway station looking North in 2018.

General information

Location

Station Lane, Lusk, County Dublin, K45 P825
Ireland

Coordinates

53°31′15″N 6°08′36″W / 53.5208°N 6.1433°W / 53.5208; -6.1433

Owned by

Iarnród Éireann

Operated by

Iarnród Éireann

Platforms

Tracks

Bus routes

Bus operators

Connections

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Other information

Station code

114

Fare zone

Suburban 3

Key dates

1844

Station opens

Location
Rush and LuskLocation within Ireland

Northern Commuter

Legend

Belfast–Dublin line

Newry

(

No-Longer Served from Sept 24

)

United Kingdom

Ireland

border

Dundalk Clarke

to Navan

(freight only)

2000

DART Howth Branch

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght or Saggart

to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Rush and Lusk railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Ros agus Lusca) serves the towns of Rush and Lusk in County Dublin, Ireland.

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844. and it later featured in one scene in the biopic, Michael Collins.

The station was the scene of a crash in 1963 of the Enterprise, from which 200 people were able to walk away with only minor injuries. The crash was caused by a faulty tyre on the wheel of the second coach, which broke just north of the station. Although damage to the train and platforms was quite severe it remained upright, and the fact that the crash occurred where it did, and on a Saturday evening when traffic was relatively light, resulted in only walking wounded. The locomotive on the front of the train was undamaged.

The station has two platforms, platform 2 runs north to Drogheda/Dundalk, while platform 1 runs south to Dublin Pearse. The station has yellow lines and is situated on the Dublin - Belfast railway line. It also has a 19th-century design.

Upgrade works

In September 2007 a temporary car park was made available on the West side of the station to cater for the large volume of cars at the station. Before this a farmer who owned a field to the East of the station allowed cars to park in his field free of charge. He eventually closed this though due to illegal dumping. In 2010, upgrade work was carried out around the station. A large new car park was installed on the west side of the station. These upgrade works also saw the removal of the original wrought iron bridge over the tracks. It was replaced with a more accessible bridge incorporating lifts on both sides. In 2015 the road bridge of the R128 over the rail line was removed and replaced with a new bridge with a wider footpath.

Proposed expansion

As part of Project Ireland 2040 the DART is proposed to be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush & Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda.

Services

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Donabate		Commuter Northern Commuter	Skerries
	Future
Donabate		DART Line 2	Skerries

References

"Rush and Lusk station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 September 2007.

External links

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