Enfield train station
Western Commuter · An Bóthar Buí · Co. Meath
About Enfield
The railway came to Enfield on 28 June 1847, when the Midland Great Western Railway opened its line from Broadstone in Dublin out to this point. The effect on the town was immediate and odd: canal boats stopped carrying passengers between Dublin and Enfield altogether, and travellers going further west took the train here and transferred to the canal in the town. Having both the canal and the railway break their journey in the same place did a great deal for Enfield. The line pushed on to Hill of Down by the end of 1847 and reached Mullingar in October 1848.
A branch to Edenderry opened in 1877 from Nesbitt Junction, about two kilometres west. Regular passenger trains to Edenderry stopped in 1931, and in 1963 both the branch and Enfield station itself closed. Passenger services resumed in 1988 and a park and ride opened in 2009. The station keeps a disused water tower at the Mullingar end and a passing loop, and two Porter’s Houses within its grounds, owned by the Craven and McDonald families and leased to CIÉ — one family worked the signal cabin, the other built railway coaches.
First and last trains from Enfield
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western towards Dublin Connolly | 06:32 – 21:17 | 06:32 – 21:17 | 08:48 – 21:17 | 11:22 – 21:17 | 11:22 – 21:17 |
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 Enfield: Western towards Dublin Connolly, about one train every 119 minutes at the busiest times (10 departures on a weekday).
Most trains calling here on a weekday are InterCity services passing through: 8 of the 10 departures. They run to Sligo. They are longer-distance trains that happen to stop, so check the fare and whether a Leap Card is accepted before you board.
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 bought online or from the ticket vending machine. A leap card can be used in applicable locations.
What is near Enfield
Enfield is a small County Meath town on the Dublin side of the Westmeath border, and the station is reached by turning right after the Garda station. The Royal Canal runs through the town alongside the railway, and the two have shaped it between them since the 1840s. There is no landmark worth the name within a few minutes of the platforms; the draw is the town itself, the canal walk and the park and ride that brings in drivers from the surrounding countryside.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the station |
|---|---|
| The Royal Canal Park | 520 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
Yes, to Edenderry. It opened in 1877 from Nesbitt Junction, about two kilometres west of Enfield. Regular passenger services on it ended in 1931, and the branch closed in 1963 — the same year Enfield station itself shut. The station reopened to passengers in 1988.
Two houses inside the station grounds, owned by the Craven and McDonald families and leased to CIÉ. The McDonalds worked in the signal cabin at Enfield; the Cravens came from a line of railway families who built the coaches that ran on these tracks.