Laytown railway station
Railway station in County Meath, Ireland
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Laytown railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na hInse) serves Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland.
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| Location | Laytown, County Meath Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53.6790°N 6.2423°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||||||||||
| Line | Belfast–Dublin line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | LTOWN | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1844 | ||||||||||||
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It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly Laytown races.
History
The station opened on 25 May 1844[1] and was renamed by the Great Northern Railway as Laytown & Bettystown in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.
