Instead, commuters have to walk approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) via an indirect route to Spencer Dock or to Mayor Square - NCI.

[3] The station was opened for commuter services by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at a temporary location on Sheriff Street in the North Wall area of Dublin's Northside on 12 March 2007.

It was required because the nearby Connolly Station had reached capacity and could not support additional commuter services to County Meath.

[6] The station was to move to a permanent location in the Spencer Dock site as part of the DART Underground plan under the government's Transport 21 initiative.

Planning conditions attached to the temporary site stated that it had to be removed by May 2016,[7] but permanent permission was obtained in time to avoid this.