Hansfield railway station

Hansfield

Páirc Hans
Hansfield; Páirc Hans
	The station's building, on Station Road.
General information
Location	Station Road, Hansfield, Dublin 15; Ireland
Coordinates	53°23′14″N 6°26′32″W / 53.3871°N 6.4421°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	HAFLD
Fare zone	Suburban 2
Key dates
28 June 2013	Station opens

Hansfield railway station is a railway station in County Dublin, Ireland. It lies on the Docklands to M3 Parkway Commuter service and serves housing estates including Hansfield, Ongar, Littlepace, and Barnwell, among others; it is also the station nearest Clonee.

Services at Hansfield station

The station is served by 47 trains Monday to Friday, and offers a typical journey time of 39 minutes to/from Docklands railway station at peak.^[1]

Passengers can travel to Docklands, Broombridge, Ashtown, Navan Road Parkway, Castleknock, and Coolmine at peak times Monday to Friday only. Direct travel is possible to Clonsilla, Dunboyne and M3 Parkway on services 7 days a week.

Passengers transfer at Clonsilla:

to travel at non-peak times (including Saturday and Sunday) towards Dublin city centre.
to travel to Maynooth and both Leixlip stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to Sligo.
to travel to Drumcondra. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.

History

The station was planned by Fingal County Council as part of Hansfield Strategic Development Zone.^[2] While the railway line was opened in September 2010 as planned, Hansfield station remained closed because no road access to the station from the surrounding housing estates existed.^[3] When funding was provided in 2011 for the access road,^[4] Iarnród Éireann took possession of land to proceed. The station opened on Friday 28 June 2013.^[5]