Kilcock railway station

Railway station in Kilcock, Ireland

53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W / 53.39917°N 6.66889°W / 53.39917; -6.66889Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms1ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeKCOCKFare zoneSuburban 5Key dates1847Station opened1963Station closed1998Station reopens

Kilcock railway station serves the town of Kilcock in County Kildare, Ireland.

It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford Commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service. Passengers change at Maynooth to travel to stations on the Dublin to Maynooth and Dublin to M3 Parkway Commuter services.[1]

History

Kilcock railway station in 2020.
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Dublin-Sligo main line
Legend
Year
closed
Sligo Quay freight terminal
2000
Ballysodare
1963
Ballisodare River
1957
proposed Western
Railway Corridor
to
Limerick
1963
Collooney
Ballymote
Kilfree Junction
1963
1963
Boyle
Carrick-on-Shannon
Drumsna
1963
Dromod
Newtown Forbes
1963
Longford
Edgeworthstown
Street & Rathowen
1963
1959
Inny Junction
1931
Multyfarnham
1963
Clonhugh
1963
1964
Mullingar
Killucan
1963
Hill of Down
1963
Moyvalley
1963
to Edenderry
1931
Enfield
Ferns Lock
1963
Kilcock
Maynooth
Blakestown
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Leixlip Confey
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Lucan North
1941
Barberstown
Clonsilla
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Coolmine
Coolmine
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Castleknock
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Blanchardstown
1937
Navan Road Parkway
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Ashtown
Ashtown
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Pelletstown
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Reilly's Bridge
1847
Broombridge
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western CommuterLuas
Liffey Junction
passengers 1937
goods 1977
Dublin Broadstone
1937
Glasnevin
1910
Drumcondra
Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter
Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght and Saggart

Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter = Western Commuter
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Western Commuter
Legend
Longford
Edgeworthstown
Mullingar
Enfield
Kilcock
Maynooth
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Leixlip Confey
M3 Parkway
Dunboyne
Hansfield (serves Ongar)
Clonsilla
Coolmine
Castleknock
Navan Road Parkway
Ashtown
Pelletstown
Broombridge
Luas
Drumcondra
Docklands
(Luas Spencer Dock)
Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse

The first station opened on 28 June 1847, and was replaced by a new station on 1 July 1848, which closed to regular passenger traffic on 10 November 1947.[2] The current station, under Shaw Bridge, opened in 1998.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Train Timetables by Route". Iarnród Éireann. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Kilcock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Rail station at Kilcock opens". The Irish Times. 3 November 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links

  • Irish Rail Kilcock Station Website
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Maynooth   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo
  Enfield
  Commuter
Western Commuter