Gormanston railway station

Location
	Gormanston Location within Ireland

Route map
	Legend
	one early-am
	weekday trip
	United Kingdom
	Ireland
	to Navan
	(freight only)
	Howth Junction
	& Donaghmede
	Luas Red Line
	to Tallaght or Saggart
	Dublin-Rosslare line
	to Bray and Rosslare Europort
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

Gormanston

Baile Mhic Gormáin
Gormanston; Baile Mhic Gormáin
	Train in Gormanston station (1988)
General information
Location	Station Road, Gormanston, County Meath, K32 TK82; Ireland
Coordinates	53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTON
Fare zone	B
Key dates
1845	Station opened
	Iarnród Éireann; CIÉ; IÉ railway stations;
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	one early-am
	weekday trip
	United Kingdom
	Ireland
	to Navan
	(freight only)
	Howth Junction
	& Donaghmede
	Luas Red Line
	to Tallaght or Saggart
	Dublin-Rosslare line
	to Bray and Rosslare Europort
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location
	Gormanston Location within Ireland

Gormanston railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Mhic Gormáin) (often mistakenly written Gormanstown^[1]) 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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

Accidents and incidents

On Monday 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.^[5]

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

References

^ "Gormanstown". Transport for Ireland.
^ "irishmedals.orgAnti-Treaty Killed". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
^ "Gormanstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
^ "Gormanston". Eiretrains.
^ "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.

External links

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[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.

[Gormanston-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.

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