Lansdowne Road railway station

Lansdowne Road railway station is a railway station in Dublin, Ireland. The station serves the Ballsbridge, Irishtown and Upper Baggot Street areas of Dublin 4.

Facilities and services

The station has two through platforms, 1 is the northbound platform and platform 2 is for southbound services. These are connected via a subway. Both have separate entrances as there is a level crossing adjacent to the station on Lansdowne Road. There are 2 automated ticket vending machines at each entrance. When there is an event at the stadium, additional access points are opened to allow for crowd control. It has disability access to both platforms.
All DART services serve the station, as do several South Eastern Commuter and a number of services to Drogheda, Dundalk and Maynooth.

History

The station was adjacent to its namesake Lansdowne Road Stadium before the stadium was demolished in 2007 and replaced on-site by the new Aviva Stadium, which the station now serves.
The station opened in 1872. It was electrified in 1983 with the arrival of DART services.