The station had been planned to be built as part of the second phase of reinstatement of the Clonsilla-Navan line.
[2] In 2016, the National Transport Authority ruled that there was not a sufficient number of commuters to warrant a new station,[3] but agreed to conduct a new study; a report was due be released in mid-2021.
[4][needs update] County councillors made representations to "ensure that the 'actual' population of Dunshaughlin" would be used in the determination of the need for a station.
Iarnród Éireann favoured the existing route, which carries the railway line approximately 1.5 km to the west of the town, on the other side of the Dunshauglin interchange of the M3 motorway.
[5][9] Some County Meath Councillors expressed a preference that the route of the line should be "as close to Ratoath and Dunshaughlin as possible" and that "potential users should not have to cross the R147 and M3 to get to a train station".