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{{short description |Disused station in County Louth, Ireland}}
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'''Dunleer railway station''' is a disused [[railway station]] on the [[Dublin-Belfast railway line]] in [[Dunleer]], [[County Louth]] Ireland. Opened by the [[Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway]] in 1851,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | title = Dunleer station | website = railbrit.co.uk}}</ref> the station was the major stop between [[Dundalk]] and [[Drogheda]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/D/Dunleer/A&Bindex.html | title = Dunleer station | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202231506/http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/D/Dunleer/A%26Bindex.html |archivedate=2008-12-02 | website = eiretrains.com}}</ref> The station survived longer than most following the rationalisation of the railway network,{{fact|date=October 2021}} until it was closed by [[CIÉ|Córas Iompair Éireann]] in 1984.

In the late 20th century, Dunleer's population expanded and it "developed into a local transport hub".<ref name="devAssoc">{{cite web|url = http://www.dunleer.net/History/ | title = History | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100513043329/http://www.dunleer.net/History/ |archivedate=2010-05-13 | website = dunleer.net}}</ref> As of 2010, the local Dunleer Community Development Board were calling for the railway station to be reopened.<ref name="devAssoc"/> While the possibility of the station being rebuilt was referenced in local development plans published in 2009 by [[Louth County Council]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.louthcoco.ie/downloads/Reports/DevelopmentPlans/RLouthDevPlan/Manager's%20Report%20in%20Relation%20to%20Pre-draft%20Submissions.pdf | title = Louth County Council Development Plan Review (pre-draft submissions) 2009-2015 | date = 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as of 2021 the [[National Transport Authority (Ireland)|National Transport Authority]] reportedly had "no plans" for a station at Dunleer.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/dunleer-station-hopes-dashed-as-national-transport-authority-says-it-has-no-plans-for-it-40037886.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Drogheda Independent | title = Dunleer station hopes dashed as National Transport Authority says it has no plans for it | date = 6 February 2021 | accessdate = 23 October 2021 }}</ref>

{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Dundalk railway station|Dundalk Clarke]]|next=[[Drogheda railway station|Drogheda MacBride]]|route=[[CIÉ|Córas Iompair Éireann]]<br><small>[[Dublin-Belfast railway line|Dublin-Dundalk]]</small>|col=CC5500}}
{{rail line|next={{stnlnk|Drogheda}}|previous=[[Dromin Junction railway station|Dromin Junction]]|route=[[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]]<br><small>Dublin-Dundalk</small>|col=228b22}}
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[[File:Dunleer station - geograph.org.uk - 304545.jpg|thumb|Disused Dunleer station building]]

==References==
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{{coord missing|County Louth}}
{{Future Irish stations}}

[[Category:Disused railway stations in County Louth]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1851]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1984]]
[[Category:1851 establishments in Ireland]]