Sandymount train station
DART · Dumhach Thrá · Dublin
About Sandymount
No station on the line has been opened and shut as often as Sandymount. It began as Sandymount Halt in January 1835 and then closed four separate times: from 1841 to 1860, from 1862 to 1882, from 1901 to 1928, and from 1960 until it came back in 1984 with the electrification launched as the DART. Between the second and third of those closures it had one extraordinary single day of use — a temporary platform was put up for Queen Victoria’s first visit to Ireland in 1849, when she and her entourage travelled by special train from Kingstown to Sandymount and went on to Dublin by horse carriage. The Irish name is Dumhach Thrá.
What survived all that is a plain two-platform station on Sandymount Avenue, serving Sandymount and Ballsbridge including the RDS Simmonscourt grounds. Both platforms are reached by ramp, with a night gate from platform 2 down to street level. The line crosses Sandymount Avenue on a level crossing immediately beside the platforms — a manually controlled barrier crossing with CCTV, carrying the code XR-003 — which is the feature most people notice first. Lansdowne Road is the call towards the city and Sydney Parade the one out towards Booterstown.
First and last trains from Sandymount
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 Sandymount: DART towards Bray (Daly), about one train every 10 minutes at the busiest times (96 departures on a weekday) and DART towards Howth, about one train every 10 minutes at the busiest times (96 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Sandymount
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| DART | Lansdowne Road | 1.2 min |
| DART | Sydney Parade | 2 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: 10:00- 22:00
Sunday: 10:00- 22:00
Station Booking Office
This station does not have a booking office. Tickets can be purchased from the ticket vending machine or a leap card can be used in applicable locations.
What is near Sandymount
The British Embassy, about 370 m away, is the only named neighbour within easy reach of the platforms. Beyond it the station is roughly ten minutes’ walk from Sandymount village and from the RDS showjumping arena, which between them account for most of the traffic that is not simply local. There is no car park, only pay-and-display on the street, so this is a station people walk or cycle to.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the station |
|---|---|
| British Embassy | 370 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
Four. It was shut from 1841 to 1860, from 1862 to 1882, from 1901 to 1928, and again from 1960 until 1984, when it reopened with the electrification of the Dublin suburban services as the DART. Few stations anywhere have had so broken a record.
Once. A one-off temporary platform was built for her first visit to Ireland in 1849. She and her entourage came by special train from Kingstown to Sandymount and continued into Dublin by horse carriage, at a time when the station was otherwise closed.