It is located at the south-western end of Clontarf Road on Dublin's
Northside, on the border between
Clontarf and
Fairview, and serves people living and working in those areas, as well as
Marino and
East Wall. The station is situated just north of
Fairview DART depot. It was built to serve the densely populated areas about, and also
East Point Business Park and was opened on 1 September 1997. The station has a car park and is served by a shuttle to the East Point Business Park; it is also the terminus of the 104 bus operated by
Go-Ahead Ireland (formerly by
Dublin Bus, which runs hourly to
DCU via
Beaumont Hospital) The ticket office is open between 05:45 to 19:45, Monday to Sunday. Part of the car park at the station is rented out to Westwood Fitness Club. ==Previous station for area==