placenamesHarmonstown
Baile Hearmann
A suburban station and a model made for CIE connect Harmonstown to the development of Dublin’s electric railway.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Hearmann · Irish · main form · validated name
- Harmonstown · English · main form
Place & story
The station opens
Harmonstown station opened on 27 January 1957, according to the Irish Railway Record Society’s station index. It lies on the Dublin–Drogheda railway route. Iarnród Éireann identifies its entrance on Harmonstown Road and lists it as part of the DART and Dublin commuter network. [2] [3]
Modelling the DART
Around 1980, as the DART project began, CIE commissioned the South Dublin Model Railway Club to build a model of the proposed stations at Dún Laoghaire and Harmonstown. The club’s own history recalls that the layout included overhead wires and DART trains and was exhibited at the RDS Spring Show. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Harmonstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Railscot Irish Stations Index — Harmonstown entry · Railscot; hosted by Irish Railway Record Society
- Harmonstown station · Iarnród Éireann
- About the SDMRC · South Dublin Model Railway Club
- Harmonstown railway station, as photographed in 2012 illustration: based on a Harmonstown railway station, County Dublin by Nigel Thompson. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-07-11. How this page was prepared.