Gormanston Baile Mhic Gormáin
Train in Gormanston station (1988)
General information
Location	Station Road, Gormanston, County Meath, K32 TK82 Ireland
Coordinates	53°38′14″N 6°13′00″W / 53.6372°N 6.2168°W / 53.6372; -6.2168
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	GSTON
Fare zone	B
Key dates
1845	Station opened

Gormanston railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Mhic Gormáin) (often mistakenly written Gormanstown^[1]) serves Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between Balbriggan and Laytown, north of a cast-iron bridge on which the line crosses the River Delvin.

History

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Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry ( one early-am weekday trip ) United Kingdom Ireland border Dundalk Clarke to Navan (freight only) Drogheda MacBride Laytown Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

The station opened in May 1845 as part of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

It was the scene of a shooting during the Irish Civil War. On Monday 29 May 1922, Staff Captain James Flanagan (Anti-Treaty IRA) was shot by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary.^[2][3] A Royal Irish Constabulary officer was also killed.

Buildings and facilities

The station has a single-storey wooden station building on the up platform which was partially demolished to make way for a car park. A GNR style waiting room is located on the up platform. At the north end of the down platform was a signal cabin. This was moved to Dromod, County Leitrim, and is preserved there. A brick goods shed and the adjacent single storey station masters house stand the north end of the station.^[4]

Accidents and incidents

• On Monday 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.^[5]