Killester train station
DART · Cill Easra · Dublin
About Killester
Killester’s history has a long hole in the middle of it. A station opened on this part of the line on 1 October 1845 and lasted only two years before closing; the date it shut is not recorded. The district then went without a railway stop for the best part of a century.
What reopened in 1923 was not quite the same place. The replacement was put on a new site about 200 m further north, and that is the station standing today, serving Killester and Donnycarney together with parts of Artane. It is a two-platform station with ramps to each side, a ticket office open through the day, a small car park of 36 spaces of which 7 are for disabled badge holders, and room for three bicycles. In Irish it is Cill Easra. Harmonstown lies out towards the coast and Clontarf Road towards the city.
First and last trains from Killester
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 Killester: DART towards Bray (Daly), about one train every 10 minutes at the busiest times (97 departures on a weekday) and DART towards Howth, about one train every 10 minutes at the busiest times (95 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Killester
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| DART | Clontarf Road | 3 min |
| DART | Harmonstown | 1.9 min |
Connections and interchange
- 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 - 00:21
Saturday: 12:00- 18:00
Sunday: 12:00- 18:00
Station Booking Office Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 05:45 - 00:21
Saturday: 12:00- 18:00
Sunday: 12:00- 18:00
What is near Killester
Nothing is listed within 400 m of the platforms, which says something about how tightly the station is wrapped in housing. Within about a kilometre the picture fills out: the Central Remedial Clinic at roughly 500 m, the Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland at about 630 m, Clontarf Rugby & Cricket Club at some 640 m, St. Paul’s College at around 770 m, Parnell Park at about 820 m, Mayfield Park at 830 m and Clontarf Castle at roughly 910 m.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the station |
|---|---|
| Central Remedial Clinic | 500 m |
| Clontarf Rugby & Cricket Club | 640 m |
| St. Paul's College | 770 m |
| Parnell Park | 820 m |
| Clontarf Castle | 910 m |
| Saint John the Baptist Church | 990 m |
| Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland | 630 m |
| Mayfield Park | 830 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 1 km of the station. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route; nothing is mapped within 400 m of this one, so the list is widened to 1 km.
Frequently asked questions
It opened on 1 October 1845 and closed after only two years. Neither the reason nor the exact closing date has come down to us. The area then had no station at all until a replacement was opened in 1923.
No. The 1923 station was built about 200 m further north than the 1845 one, so the platforms in use now are not where the first ones stood. Nothing of the original survives in service.