This is the train station in Malahide. It's not very big station. There are two platforms. Platform…read more1 is usually for the Dart (the Dublin Area Rapid Transit train). Malahide is the last stop for the Dart so that train ends here and then goes back south to either Greystones or Bray. Platform 2 (and sometimes 1) is for the commuter train that goes to/from Dublin city centre (Connolly, Tara Street, or Pearse) to/from either Balbriggan, or Dundalk, or Drogheda. Most of the station is outdoors. A large part of platform 1 is covered, but most of platform 2 isn't. There is a small waiting room on either side. The room on platform 2 tends to be closed after 9pm. There's a bridge to walk from each platform and a lift as well. There's a read out screen on each platform telling you of the next train arrival/departure. Since this is a small station there are no toilet facilities. There's a mineral/pop/soda machine on platform 1, but nothing on 2. During the day there's a small coffee/snack cart in the parking lot. If you enter the station on the platform 1 side there's two ticket kiosks to buy a train ticket or buy/top up a leap card. If you have a lot of change there's a limit to how much change you can put in the machine. There's also an attendant at a desk who's there until about 9pm. If you walk down the road (Dublin Road) and go down the stairs to enter on platform 2 there's one ticket machine there. They tend to close the gate to platform 2 after 8pm, so you'll have to enter on platform 1 and walk over the bridge to the other platform. If you're visiting Dublin it's easy to take the Dart to Malahide. Malahide is a small enough town you can come here for a day trip, or you can stay here, and take the Dart to/from Dublin. The station isn't fancy, but it does it's job.

I was staying in Dublin with a friend and this was a great way to get from outside of Dublin to the…read morecity center. At no point in time did I feel in danger or awkward which typically happens to me all of the time. The navigation was simple enough for us and the ticket booth was automated and simple to use. Dublin is a massive town and I would take this train station over driving any day! If you're visiting, be sure to take it!

Like many small train stations in Ireland, it is sort of difficult to figure out which of the two…read moreplatforms you need to be at. There are some small electronic signs that tell you which way the train is going, but you need to suss it out.

So much fun to ride the dart and howth station was easy and quick to get on and head back to…read moreDublin. Definitely the best little trip, so easy and affordable. It was about 6 euros round trip

It was jamming when we were traveling through to find our train fully booked out so we had to stand…read morethe whole trip between Dublin and Thomastown. The ticket agent at Dublin station sold me a multi day pass for $128 euro that does NOT allow you to book an actual seat. Be fair warned. So after waiting for the train and expecting to have a seat, we stood amongst a jammed packed train with others the whole 90 minutes.

The major station in Dublin, Heuston station is one of the better train stations in Ireland in my…read moreopinion. The location is very nicely lit and the design of it is very easy to navigate and figure out, even if it is your first time here. There is security all around so I felt safe while I was here, waiting for my tour to begin. I will say I do wish there was more seating because as soon as I got up to grab a coffee, people were trying to swoop in and take my spot. I also wish there was heating here, I felt like an ice cube while I was waiting around in the seating area. There is a handful of places to grab some food and drinks and the coffee stands had some reasonably priced coffee that I decided to get while waiting. The flavor was nice and helped keep me warm while I sat and waited! Bathrooms were also very clean but got busy very quick when the station started getting more and more people in as the morning was progressing.

Tara Street Dart station has been jazzed up recently with new turn-styles that are built…read morepractically on the platform so you don't have a hope if you were thinking of DARTing and dashing! Like at all city centre stations, security has been tightened mightily in the past few years so ticketless chancers beware! Although technically on the South-side, I always jump off at Tara when I'm heading to the North-side for some shopping. There's some dispute among my acquaintances over whether Connolly or Tara Street is actually closer to the O'Connell Street/Henry Street area (ok, dispute is probably a bit strong of a word for it!). I go with Tara every time but really it's much of a muchness. The station itself has well-stocked newsagents downstairs to meet the newspaper and coffee demands of busy commuters. Be a bit careful in this area if you're running for one of the later DARTs - it gets a little bit lonely by dark.

By far the easiest City Centre station to navigate, Tara Street station is the clean, well lit sort…read moreof mid-city stop that keeps travellers confident. While its single pub has been shuttered a good long while, there is a rather well-appointed news stand just outside of the wide bank of turnstiles. For tickets and information that (ok, is a little grudging at 7am on a Wednesday) can get you where you need to go anywhere along the DART line, queue up (but be assertive as the lines can get a little blurry and anyone can jump ahead) and ask at the booths just to your right as you enter. Also, here's a bonus for regular commuters at Tara street: much like its larger brother Connolly, this station is seen as a key area to target young urban professionals -several times a year companies will stake out the front of the station to offer free samples and give-aways. Keep than in mind next time you're thinking of whether to take the bus or DART!

So much faster than the bus to get to Castleknock (for my AirBNB), this is a pretty standard…read morestation on the Maynooth line that follows the Royal Canal. The station has an above ground passenger footbridge to transfer to the other side. There are ticket vending machines, a turnstile to scan your ticket and some vending machines. I was here the day of a big concert at the nearby Croke Park. Lots of crowds arriving and I do not envy their departure. Mind the gap.

The commuter trains may be showing their age, but they are still a vital part of Dublin's…read moretransportation system. In a lot of ways they are more utilitarian than their newer brethren. This stations isn't pretty, but it handles its commuter traffic very well. Unfortunately, the station is only a stone's throw from Croke Park and was clearly not built with GAA crowds in mind. Extra trains are added after games, but the station just cannot move such a tremendous number of people. The result is a dangerously dense crowd on the stairwell and the platform, with thousands of people pushing from behind. It is a wonder that the crowd doesn't surge like lemmings into the tracks.

A simple above-ground station on the line between Connolly Station and Maynooth, Castleknock…read more(Caisleán Cnucha in Gaelic) is for commuters in the bedroom community of Blanchardstown. My Airbnb was here so I was at this station a few times as it's convenient for getting into the city. The station has the usual ticket kiosks but there is no turnstile. A footbridge is present for crossing between the two platforms - crossing on the rails is prohibited. There is no lift or escalator. If you're unable to use the stairs, you'll have to go through the park to use the road bridge which has very narrow sidewalks. There is no parking here but there are some bike lockers. There is very little cover. It was raining and I was glad that I had brought an umbrella and waterproof coat. It helped some. The station gets the job done. [Review 1814 of 2024 - 75 in Republic of Ireland - 22836 overall]

Beachwood Luas Stop was somewhere that I used to get off on my way to the Milltown stop when I…read morelived in Rathmines because it possessed a very special entity, something no other stop on the habitually lackluster but pleasantly leafy Green Luas line had, its very own Mortons grocery store and newsagents! This Mortons fortunately had a tobacconist and hence why I often dismounted the Luas prematurely so that I could get off, buy my cigarettes from this shop stationed within the perimeters of the stop itself and hence no distance required to be walked, then get back on the Luas and happily go a further two stops before alighting the Luas at my final destination. The Milltown stop is positioned in an isolated corner of Rathmines, 15mins walk at least from the main village and so unsurprisingly I never came across a shop from the Milltown stop to where I lived and it for this reason it seemed that the initiative of jumping off then back on at Beechwood seemed so great having either forgotten to pick them up in town prior to boarding at St. Stephen's Green or only realizing I was lacking in any tobacco whilst on the Luas making my way home.

I do not go to this stop that often but when I do go it is very convenient. I only go here for my…read moredentist Beechwood Dental who is located right around the corner from the Beechwood Luas Stop. It is always clean at this stop and not many people fill up the Luas. It is located in a very quiet but also suburban area. The stop has what all others have, the screen which lets you know when the next Luas is coming, bench and not very covering cover (if it supposed to cover from the rain I think they either ran out of money and could not make the full cover or they just were not from Ireland where it is known that rain comes from all sides and it rains hard) and the stand where you can buy your tickets.

This is a smaller station but it's clean and well kept. This…read moreDart station will get you to local places in an adequate amount of time. We found it easy to use to get from Bray to Sandycove to visit The Forty Foot.

After a lovely couple of hour checking out Greystones Beach, we jumped on the train heading back to…read moreDublin, but then decided to stop off at the Bray railway station, to check out the town, and grab a Guinness for my brother and a hot chocolate for me. The Bray DART station is so pretty! There is a mural panel beautifully depicting every decade, starting from the 1850s when this station was built, all the way to current times. This station is located adjacent to the Bray seafront and if you look towards the south, you can see this mountain with a cross on top of the hill. It's just such a beautiful panorama and with the architecture style of the station, for a brief moment it really felt like I was stepping back in time. In conclusion, it's a beautiful train station! Worth taking a trip from Dublin to check it out. Yelp 113 / 2019