Rush and Lusk train station
Northern Commuter · An Ros agus Lusca · Dublin
About Rush and Lusk
This station opened with the Dublin and Drogheda Railway on 25 May 1844 and keeps the names of both villages it sits between — Rush about two miles to the east, Lusk about a mile to the west — because it is genuinely in neither. The buildings still show their nineteenth-century lines, and the place has had a small film credit along the way, appearing in a scene of the biopic Michael Collins.
Its most dramatic day was in 1963, when the Enterprise came off the road here after a faulty tyre on a wheel of the second coach broke just north of the station. The train stayed upright, and although the damage to carriages and platforms was severe, all 200 people aboard walked away with minor injuries — helped by the crash happening on a quiet Saturday evening. Parking has shaped the station since: a farmer let commuters use his field until illegal dumping put a stop to it, a temporary car park followed in September 2007, and the 2010 upgrade brought a large car park and replaced the old wrought iron footbridge with one carrying lifts.
First and last trains from Rush and Lusk
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern towards Dublin Pearse | 06:21 – 22:33 | 06:21 – 22:33 | 06:50 – 22:37 | 08:07 – 22:28 | 08:07 – 22:28 |
| Northern towards Drogheda (MacBride) | 07:36 – 00:23 | 07:36 – 00:23 | 07:55 – 00:21 | 09:45 – 00:18 | 09:45 – 00:18 |
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 Rush and Lusk: Northern towards Dublin Pearse, about one train every 40 minutes at the busiest times (30 departures on a weekday) and Northern towards Drogheda (MacBride), about one train every 38 minutes at the busiest times (30 departures on a weekday).
Some of the 60 weekday departures are worked by trains that continue as InterCity services beyond the commuter zone. They run to Rosslare.
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
This station is not staffed.
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 Rush and Lusk
Neither village is on the doorstep: Lusk is about a mile off and Rush roughly two, so this is a station people drive, cycle or walk out to rather than step into from a main street. Within about a kilometre there are several small residential parks — The Back Yard Park at around 750 m, Park Rodge and Tyrellstown Park at about 770 m each and McGuinness Park at roughly 810 m. North Dublin’s market gardens and the coast beyond Rush fill in the rest of the picture.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the station |
|---|---|
| The Back Yard Park | 750 m |
| Park Rodge | 770 m |
| Tyrellstown Park | 770 m |
| McGuinness Park | 810 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
The Enterprise derailed just north of the station when a faulty tyre on a wheel of the second coach broke. The train remained upright and the locomotive was undamaged. Damage to the carriages and platforms was considerable, but all 200 people on board walked away with only minor injuries.
Because it stands between them and belongs to neither. Lusk lies about a mile to one side and Rush about two miles to the other, so a single station on the line serves both. The Irish form of the name, An Ros agus Lusca, pairs them in the same way.