Greystones Train Station To Remain Open

When Irish Rail announced at the beginning of November that the train station at Greystones was going up for lease, naturally, the town didn’t exactly welcome the news.

There were grave concerns that the building would no longer serve as the main portal for commuters, as rumours of everything from a coffee shop to Marks & Spencer lining up to take residence.

With many Greystonians keen to save the 158-year-old building as the town’s train station, a campaign was soon launched to stop any closure of this landmark facility. Sure, the trains would still arrive, but, a town without a train station would look pretty grim.

In a press release sent out this afternoon, citing his ‘lengthy campaign’ to stop the closure of Greystones Train Station, Simon Harris TD expressed his delight at Irish Rail’s decision to maintain the building’s public access.

What this means about the fears of Greystones becoming an unmanned station have yet to be answered though. We’ll keep you posted.

You can check out the plans for Greystones Train Station building here, and the history of our local railway here.