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Extra.ie
17-07-2025
- Business
- Extra.ie
Brand new DART station set to open in Dublin next month
Commuters from the outskirts of south Dublin will have the option of an extra stop on the DART starting next month. The brand new Woodbrook DART station is set to open in a matter of weeks after being promised to the Shankill and Shanganagh community back in 2017, with substantive work beginning on the project in November 2023. The stop will be located between Bray and Shankill on the DART line and is on track to be in line with its originally scheduled opening date of August 10. The new station will be located between Bray and Shankill. Pic: Getty Images Situated around 40 minutes from the city centre, the station will be in operation for 191 daily runs on weekdays and will serve a housing development of about 2,300 homes. The project was funded through the National Transport Authority and will be the 147th station in the Irish Rail network. It will feature 174m platforms with passenger shelters, seating, lighting, CCTV, customer information, bicycle parking and ticketing facilities and can be accessed via Woodbrook Avenue. Woodbrook will serve a housing development with some 2,300 homes. Pic: Shutterstock There will also be new pedestrian and cycling access routes in the station vicinity, as well as a new pedestrian bridge above the tracks between the two platforms. Iarnród Éireann are eager to 'ensure people living in the catchment area have fast, frequent and sustainable travel options available, as the community grows and develops'. The station is situated about 40 minutes from the city centre. Pic: ABD/Shutterstock They added: '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.'
The Irish Sun
16-07-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
New DART line serving thousands set to open in WEEKS as people cry ‘great stuff'
A BRAND new DART station running up to 191 times weekdays is set to open in south Dublin next month. The Woodbrook DART station was promised to members of the Shankill and Shanganagh community in 2017. 1 The new station will be named Woodbrook and will be Irish Rail's 147th station Credit: irishrail 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 READ MORE IN TRAVEL 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. Most read in News Travel 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."
