Gormanston railway station

Gormanston Baile Mhic Gormáin
Location	Gormanston Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°WCoordinates: 53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTON
Fare zone	B
Key dates
1845	Station opened

Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry( one early-am weekday trip ) Northern Ireland Ireland border Dundalk to Navan (freight only) Drogheda Laytown Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

Gormanston railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Mhic Gormáin) serves Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland.

History

Station opened in May 1845.

It was the scene of a shooting during the Irish Civil War. On 29 May 1922, Staff Captain James Flanagan (Anti-Treaty IRA) was shot by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary.^{[1] [2]}

Accidents and incidents

• On 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.^[3]

External links

• Irish Rail Gormanston Station Website
• Eiretrains - Gormanston Station

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. http://www.irishmedals.org/anti-treaty-killed.html
2. "Gormanstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
3. "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.