Adamstown train station
South Western Commuter · Baile Adaim · Dublin
About Adamstown
Adamstown opened on 10 April 2007 for the new town being laid out around it, and it was built in a way that was then unheard of in Ireland: the developers paid for it, not the state. Only one other station on the network, Navan Road Parkway on the western line, was funded the same way.
The money showed in the plan. Adamstown was given four through platforms and a terminal one, making it the first commuter station on the line other than Dublin Heuston itself with more than two — and for a while that generosity was theoretical, since the extra platforms could not all be used until the Kildare Route Project had four-tracked the line past the station. It stands about 1.1 kilometres west of the old Lucan station of the Great Southern and Western Railway, which closed in 1947. The Irish name is Baile Adaim.
First and last trains from Adamstown
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Western towards Dublin Heuston | 06:21 – 23:22 | 06:21 – 23:22 | 06:21 – 23:22 | 08:31 – 21:21 | 06:21 – 22:24 |
| South Western towards Kildare | 06:51 – 00:11 | 06:51 – 00:11 | 07:42 – 23:29 | 09:24 – 20:39 | 08:39 – 20:04 |
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 Adamstown: South Western towards Dublin Heuston, about one train every 21 minutes at the busiest times (48 departures on a weekday) and South Western towards Kildare, about one train every 20 minutes at the busiest times (48 departures on a weekday).
Of the 96 weekday departures, 19 are InterCity or Enterprise services passing through; the rest are DART or Commuter trains. They run to Waterford.
Next stops from Adamstown
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| South Western | Hazelhatch and Celbridge | 4.7 min |
| South Western | Kishoge | 2.7 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: 05:00 - 23:30
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Station Booking Office
This station does not have a booking office. Tickets can be bought online or from the ticket vending machine. A leap card can be used in applicable locations.
What is near Adamstown
The station was built before most of what surrounds it, and Adamstown has been filling in around the platforms ever since; the centre of the new town is about five minutes’ walk away. Within roughly a kilometre is Airlie Park, around 850 m off. There is no car park and no cycle shelter here, which is deliberate — the station was planned as the walking and cycling centre of the development rather than a place to drive to.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the station |
|---|---|
| Airlie Park | 850 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
Private developers. It was the first railway station in Ireland in recent times to be built and funded by the developers of the surrounding scheme rather than from public money. Navan Road Parkway, on the Western Commuter line, was later built on the same basis.
Yes, the Great Southern and Western Railway’s Lucan station, which stood about 1.1 kilometres east of the present platforms and closed in 1947. Adamstown is therefore not quite a replacement for it, but it is the nearest railway Lucan’s side of the line has had since.