Tara Street railway station

Train station in Dublin, Ireland

ConstructionStructure typeElevatedParkingNoAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeTARAFare zoneSuburban 1Key dates1 May 1891 (1891-05-01)Station opens1976Station refurbished1983Station upgraded

Tara Street sign, (Irish: *Sráid na Teamhrach*)

Tara Street (Irish: Sráid na Teamhrach) is a railway station in central Dublin, Ireland. It is adjacent to the Loopline Bridge on George's Quay.

It mainly services DART trains and longer distance commuter trains. Commuter services operate to (1) Maynooth and the western suburbs, (2) Balbriggan, Newry, Drogheda and Dundalk on the former GNR(I) main line, (3) Gorey and Rosslare Europort and (4) Hazelhatch, Celbridge and Newbridge, through the Phoenix Park Tunnel.

South Eastern
Commuter

Legend

Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght or Saggart

Tara Street

Salthill and Monkstown

Dún Laoghaire

Sandycove and Glasthule

(planned)

Dublin–Rosslare Line

Dublin Area
Rapid Transit

Legend

Belfast–Dublin Main Line

Sutton

Howth Junction & Donaghmede

Luas Red Line

to The Point

Loopline Bridge

over River Liffey

Tara Street

Sandycove & Glasthule

(under construction)

Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

Description

The station has two through platforms above street level with ticket areas and retail outlets at street level. The platform retaining walls, the stairwells and canopies were originally timber planking but upgraded to include escalators and fibreglass panels in the 1970s and 1980s.

More recent changes have seen new stairwells installed and platforms lengthened to reflect the increasing throughput. There are proposals to build in the airspace above the station and adjacent property has been acquired for this purpose.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1891.

It is on the 'Loop Line' which was constructed towards the end of the 19th century by the City of Dublin Junction Railway, connecting the Dublin & Kingstown terminus at Westland Row (now Pearse Station) and Amiens St (now Connolly Station) on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), and linked into the Midland Great Western freight line, thus joining up all the main railways in Dublin.

City Centre Resignalling

The completion of the Irish Rail City Centre re-signalling project^[1] has seen an:

Increase in the number of Northern and Maynooth line suburban trains stopping at Tara street.
Trains from Newbridge also serving Tara Street station.

This has been made possible by increasing the ability of the signalling system in the city centre to operate 20 trains per hour in both directions instead of 8.

The project began in March 2015 and was commissioned on 17 July 2016.^[2]

Redevelopment

In March 2015, the CIÉ group placed a tender to find a new property development partner for development at Tara Street.^[3] The resulting partner, Tanat Ltd, was formed in July 2015 and a resulting plan proposed a €130-million development for an office block of 22 levels.^[4] In May 2017, Irish property developer Johnny Ronan announced that he would submit plans to Dublin City Council an 88-metre (289 ft) tower which proposed office space, a hotel, bar, and restaurant.^[5] The plan was rejected by Dublin City Council in July 2017,^[6] a decision upheld by An Bord Pleanála in March 2018.^[7]

In April 2019, An Bord Pleanála approved the plans for a 22-storey tower.^[8] Construction began in July 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Proposals

In March 2018, the National Transport Authority (Ireland) (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) announced the Metrolink underground Metro project preferred routing and stations.^[9] This plan proposed an underground metro station underneath Tara Street railway station.^[10]

References

^ "City Centre Resignalling Project". Iarnród Éireann. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018.
^ Melia, Paul (8 August 2013). "Linking Heuston with city centre 'a priority'". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ Fagan, Jack (11 March 2015). "CIÉ seeks partner to build office block in Tara Street, Dublin". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ Webb, Nick (19 July 2015). "Wilbur Ross backs Johnny Ronan in €130m skyscraper deal". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ McDonald, Frank (3 May 2017). "Dublin's tallest building planned by Johnny Ronan". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ Kelly, Olivia (3 July 2017). "City council rejects Johnny Ronan's Dublin skyscraper". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
^ Deegan, Gordon (21 March 2018). "Johnny Ronan's plan to build Dublin's tallest building turned down". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ Paul, Mark (7 April 2019). "Johnny Ronan's Tara Street tower approval divides opinion". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ Melia, Paul (22 March 2018). "Revealed: Preferred route for €3bn MetroLink from city centre to Dublin Airport unveiled". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ "MetroLink". Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

External links

Irish Rail Tara Street station webpage

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Dublin Connolly		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare	Dublin Pearse
Dublin Connolly		Commuter Northern Commuter (Peak times only)	Dublin Pearse
Dublin Connolly		Commuter South Eastern Commuter	Dublin Pearse
Dublin Connolly		Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch) (Peak times only)	Dublin Pearse
		Commuter South Western Commuter (City Branch)
		DART
	Proposed
Preceding station		Dublin Metro	Following station
O'Connell Street		Metrolink	St Stephen's Green