Owned by Iarnród Éireann Structure type At-grade Fare zone Suburban 3 Opened 2010 Owner Iarnród Éireann Platforms in use 2 | Operated by Iarnród Éireann Station code M3WAY Address Pace, Co. Meath, Ireland Province Leinster | |
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Location Bennetstown, Dunboyne, County Meath, A86 DK28
Republic of Ireland Similar Dunboyne railway station, Clonsilla railway station, Maynooth railway station, Coolmine railway station, Hansfield railway station | ||
M3 Parkway is a Park and Ride railway station in County Meath beside Dunboyne and the M3 Motorway (Pace Interchange Junction 5).
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It is the terminus station on the Docklands to M3 Parkway Western Commuter service during peak times Monday to Friday) and Clonsilla to M3 Parkway shuttle Commuter service at all other times.
It mainly serves as a large Park and Ride site, with 1,200 free car park spaces.
History
In 2005, the Irish Government announced that, as part of its Transport 21 plan, the line between Clonsilla and Navan would be reopened for passenger trains in two stages. This line had closed in 1963. Phase 1 of this project from Clonsilla to M3 Parkway, the terminus until Phase 2 opens to Navan.
M3 Parkway opened on 3 September 2010, as part of phase one of the Navan rail line reopening.
Services
Peak Times Monday to Friday : Passengers can travel directly between M3 Parkway and Dunboyne, Hansfield, Clonsilla, Coolmine, Castleknock, Navan Road Parkway, Ashtown, Broombridge, and Docklands.
All other times including all day Saturday and Sunday : Passengers can travel directly between M3 Parkway and Dunboyne, Hansfield, and Clonsilla but need to transfer at Clonsilla for services to Maynooth or Dublin city centre in order to travel to any other stations.
Passengers also transfer at Clonsilla:
(1) To travel to Maynooth and both Leixlip stations. Transfer at Maynooth for InterCity services to Sligo (2) To travel to Drumcondra. Only Maynooth to Dublin services serve Drumcondra.
The station is served only once daily each way by Bus Éireann 111 service (Wilton Terrace - City Centre – Trim – Athboy – Granard – Cavan), making a mockery of claims that it would allow usable onward bus connections to the rail service.
Station name
There was uncertainty over the station's name, as it variously appears as Pace M3, M3 Park and Ride, and Pace (M3 Park and Ride). Unlike the preceding Dunboyne station, there was no previous station at this location. Since the Summer of 2010, signs in the station display the current name M3 Parkway.