The first new train station in Dublin city centre in 116 years is to be opened later today at Spencer Dock.
The new Docklands railway station at Spencer Dock
The station, which will be opened this afternoon by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, will act as a terminus for new commuter train services between the city centre and west Dublin.
It was completed under budget for €20 million and within nine months of having received planning approval.
The new Spencer Dock Station will allow for an additional 15 services to and from Clonsilla Station from this week, catering for up to 2,500 extra commuters a day.
It will also act as a terminus for the proposed new Dunboyne line, which is scheduled to open in 2010.
The station is linked through a new one-kilometre stretch of track to the main Maynooth commuter rail line, which normally brings services to Connolly Station.
The last new railway station to be opened in the city centre was Tara Street in 1891, although a number of new stations have opened elsewhere in the city since then. These include stations along the Dart line at Grand Canal Dock and Drumcondra in the past 10 years.