Work begins on Docklands train station

[Mark Hennessy]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0627/train.html

Work to begin on Dublin train station

27 June 2006 08:55

Work on the first train station to be built in Dublin city centre for more than 100 years is expected to start later this week.

The docklands station should open by the middle of next year.

The granting of final planning permission means work will start within days.
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Iarnród Éireann says it will help it deliver a much improved service on the Maynooth-Dublin commuter line. It will also allow passengers to transfer to and from the proposed extension of the Luas red line to the financial services centre. (If you walk far enough)

It will be the first new mainline station in Dublin since Tara Street opened in 1890.

It is one of several projects planned for the docklands and financial area under the Government's Transport 21 plan.

The docklands station will pave the way for an underground DART interconnector which is planned to link the DART to Intercity, Luas, commuter and metro services.

The construction will cost an estimated €28m.