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Gormanston Railway Station

Gormanston railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Mhic Gormáin) (often mistakenly written Gormanstown) serves Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between Balbriggan and Laytown, north of a cast-iron bridge on which the line crosses the River Delvin.

History

Signal box (1982), now moved to Dromod

The station opened in May 1845 as part of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

It was the scene of a shooting during the Irish Civil War. On Monday 29 May 1922, Staff Captain James Flanagan (Anti-Treaty IRA) was shot by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. A Royal Irish Constabulary officer was also killed.

Buildings and facilities

The station has a single-storey wooden station building on the up platform which was partially demolished to make way for a car park. A GNR style waiting room is located on the up platform. At the north end of the down platform was a signal cabin. This was moved to Dromod, County Leitrim, and is preserved there. A brick goods shed and the adjacent single storey station masters house stand the north end of the station.

Accidents and incidents

  • On Monday 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.

Services

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Balbriggan   Commuter
Northern Commuter
  Laytown
  Future  
Balbriggan   DART
Line 2 (phase 2)
  Laytown
  Disused railways  
Balbriggan
Line and station open
  Arrow
Northern Arrow
  Mosney
Line open, station closed

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gormanstown". Transport for Ireland.
  2. ^ "irishmedals.orgAnti-Treaty Killed". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Gormanstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Gormanston". Eiretrains.
  5. ^ "REPORT OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT GORMANSTON RAILWAY STATION ON 21ST OCTOBER, 1974" (PDF). Dublin: Department of Transport and Power via Rail Accident Investigation Unit. January 1975. Retrieved 16 May 2014.