Dun Laoghaire (Mallin) train station
DART and South Eastern Commuter · Dún Laoghaire (Uí Mhealláin) · Dublin
About Dun Laoghaire (Mallin)
The first station for the town, then called Kingstown, was not here: it stood about half a mile closer to Dublin at the West Pier, near or at the site of today’s Salthill and Monkstown, as the southern terminus of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway of 1834. Getting permission to come further took two attempts — a bill failed in June 1833 against canal and local opposition, and a less ambitious one passed in May 1834. William Dargan began work in May 1836 and finished about a year later, and the new terminus opened on 13 May 1837 with a special train carrying the company’s directors and their friends.
The building that followed was J. S. Mulvany’s. The original Station House and Parcel Office was judged inadequate almost at once, and from 1840 Mulvany was engaged on a replacement, built in stone quarried at Ballyknockan in County Wicklow at a cost of £2,500; the neo-classical house above the platforms was finished in 1854 and served until 1971, after which it was reused as a restaurant. For more than ninety years there was only one through platform and a bay; a second through platform did not arrive until 1957. Improvements came with the DART in 1984, and in 1998 a new entrance with ticket office and automated barriers was built above the lines at street level, under a taut sail-like canopy. Iarnród Éireann lists the station as Dun Laoghaire (Mallin) — in Irish Stáisiún Uí Mhealláin. Blackrock is a DART call back towards the city.
First and last trains from Dun Laoghaire (Mallin)
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DART towards Bray (Daly) | 06:30 – 23:57 | 06:30 – 23:57 | 07:21 – 23:55 | 09:21 – 00:06 | No service |
| DART towards Howth | 05:53 – 23:54 | 05:53 – 23:54 | 06:32 – 23:52 | 09:11 – 23:51 | 19:23 – 23:01 |
| South Eastern towards Rathdrum | 09:58 – 20:34 | 09:58 – 20:34 | No service | No service | No service |
| South Eastern towards Dublin Connolly | 07:21 – 23:41 | 07:21 – 23:41 | 08:24 – 20:43 | No service | No service |
Departures from this station in the NTA’s published timetable for a representative week. A day type with no departures is shown as no service rather than filled in from another day.
From Dun Laoghaire (Mallin): DART towards Bray (Daly), about one train every 10 minutes at the busiest times (98 departures on a weekday), DART towards Howth, about one train every 10 minutes at the busiest times (98 departures on a weekday), South Eastern towards Rathdrum, about one train every 100 minutes at the busiest times (6 departures on a weekday) and South Eastern towards Dublin Connolly, about one train every 125 minutes at the busiest times (7 departures on a weekday).
Some of the 209 weekday departures are worked by trains that continue as InterCity services beyond the commuter zone. They run to Rosslare.
Next stops from Dun Laoghaire (Mallin)
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| DART | Salthill and Monkstown | 2 min |
| DART | Sandycove and Glasthule | 2.9 min |
| South Eastern | Blackrock | 6 min |
| South Eastern | Bray (Daly) | 21 min |
Connections and interchange
- Change here between the DART and South Eastern Commuter, on the same station.
- Iarnód Éireann timetables for the routes serving this station are published on its own station page.
Facilities
From Iarnód Éireann’s own station record. A facility that the operator does not list is left out rather than marked as absent.
Open for all services
Station Staffing Hours
Monday to Friday: 05:45 - 00:06
Saturday: 06:00- 00:06
Sunday: 08:00- 00:06
Station Booking Office Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday: 07:00- 21:00
Sunday: Closed
What is near Dun Laoghaire (Mallin)
The harbour is across the road and the civic centre is at the door: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Hall stands about 50 m from the entrance, the Pavilion Theatre roughly 110 m, Moran Park some 240 m and the dlr LexIcon library about 280 m. St. Michael’s Hospital is around 250 m away, the Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre 280 m and Bloomfields Shopping Centre about 370 m. The National Maritime Museum of Ireland lies some 340 m off and the IMC cinema around 360 m. The Killiney footpath known as The Metals ends here.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the station |
|---|---|
| St. Michael's Hospital | 250 m |
| dlr LexIcon | 280 m |
| National Maritime Museum of Ireland | 340 m |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Hall | 50 m |
| Pavilion Theatre | 110 m |
| Moran Park | 240 m |
| Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre | 280 m |
| Saint Michael's Hospital | 290 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
About half a mile closer to Dublin, at the West Pier, near or at the site now occupied by Salthill and Monkstown. It was the southern terminus of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, which opened in 1834. The present terminus, further along towards the harbour mouth, opened on 13 May 1837.
It was added on 10 April 1966, fifty years after the Easter Rising, when Córas Iompair Éireann renamed fifteen major stations after Republican leaders; this one honours Michael Mallin. The station had already been renamed Kingstown in 1861 and Dún Laoghaire in 1921, and in everyday speech the Mallin is usually dropped.