Temporary Train Station To Be Built At Adare For Ryder Cup 2027

A temporary train station at Adare, Co Limerick is to be constructed as part of plans for hosting next year's Ryder Cup.

The prestigious golf tournament will take place from 13 to 19 September 2027. Tickets for the event went up for sale for Irish fans on April 25, selling out within an hour.

Work on the train station is expected to last six months, costing around €3 million.

Speaking about this latest development, Head of Corporate Communications at Iarnród Éireann, Barry Kenny had explained that works on this project had started this week, and that there is a case to be made for making this station at Adare a permanent fixture.

"We're working with the NTA in terms of the final service offering, but the works have now begun this week, and will be completed by the end of the year," he said.

"As the service has been invested in and the line developed for freight services, and we obviously expect to have very significant volumes of freight services operating, I think (for) a single station at Adare, further investment work would be needed to connect directly into Limerick.

"That isn't something that's funded right at the moment.

"Our view certainly is, and working with NTA and local authorities, is that there is very much the opportunity to invest and develop that as a passenger line in the future, after the freight line is set in place," he added.

"significant investment"

Elsewhere, Mr Kenny revealed that previously funded developments for the Foynes freight line had allowed for this opportunity.

"There's significant investment in the area in transport infrastructure generally, and also in the wider public transport operation for the Ryder Cup," he said. "We have been developing the Foynes freight line, that’s going to be complete by the end of this year". 

"That obviously affords the opportunity for this major event, where you're going to have thousands of people moving at the one time, to offer passenger service as well," Mr Kenny said.

Mr Kenny revealed that the only service in and out of Adare will be a shuttle service as far as the Limerick Junction.

"The plan at the moment, again this is working with the NTA and Ryder Cup Europe, is to operate a shuttle service between Limerick Junction and Adare," he said. "The people travelling in the early hours from the likes of Dublin and Cork and Kerry can connect at Limerick Junction to a service direct to Adare.

"This is one part of a far wider public transport operation and park-and-ride operation that will take place," Mr Kenny stated, while adding that there will be no service between Limerick Colbert and Adare.

Regarding ticket sales, the European Tour Group's Chief Ryder Cup Officer, Richard Atkinson had called the demand for them from Irish fans, "unprecedented". 

"We know that Irish golf fans are amongst the most enthusiastic in the world and this is yet another reminder of that," he said. "We also look forward to the start of June when, in addition to Irish residents getting a second chance, fans from around the world will get their opportunity to be part of this great sporting occasion".