Drumcondra Station

This station reopened a few years back after being closed for a long time. When I was a teenager I used to stand on the Claude road Bridge and wonder what it would be like if the station reopened. And now it is and it’s not overly exciting! But maybe that’s just me growing up. I’ve only used the train to go from Ashton Gate to Drumcondra so can’t comment on further afield but uts pretty fast and cheap. € 3.90 a return ticket.

The commuter trains may be showing their age, but they are still a vital part of Dublin’s transportation 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.