New DART line serving thousands set to open in WEEKS as people cry ‘great stuff'
The Woodbrook DART station was promised to members of the Shankill and Shanganagh community in 2017.
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The new station will be named Woodbrook and will be Irish Rail's 147th station
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In November 2023, substantive work on the project began.
It's now set to open on August 10, in line with the originally scheduled date.
The service will operate 191 runs weekdays and is roughly 40 minutes from the city centre.
The stop will be located between Bray on the outskirts of
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And the new station will feature 174m platforms with passenger shelters, seating, lighting, CCTV, customer information, bicycle parking and ticketing facilities.
It will be 174th in the Irish Rail network.
The station was funded through the National Transport Authority and will serve a housing development of some 2,300 homes.
And it can be accessed via Woodbrook Avenue.
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There will be new pedestrian and cycling access routes in the station vicinity.
A new pedestrian bridge will provide access above the tracks between the two platforms.
"This will ensure people living in the catchment area have fast, frequent and sustainable travel options available, as the community grows and develops."
They continued: "Identified as a 'Future Development Area' in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan Core Strategy, the development at Woodbrook, together with the new station, supports transport and land-use policy, delivering a substantial compact sustainable residential community in the Woodbrook-Shanganagh area.
"The provision of the station will reduce reliance on the private car and assist Ireland in reaching its climate action targets."
Punters online were delighted at the news and took to
One person said: "That's fierce exciting."
Another commented: "Great stuff." A third added: "Nice."
A fourth penned: "There's gonna be a new station between Bray and Shankill?
"Ah man that's gonna take a long time to get used to."
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