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Balbriggan  |
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|---|---|
| Baile Brigín | |
| Location | |
| Place | Balbriggan |
| Local authority | Dublin County Council |
| Coordinates | 53°36′43″N 6°10′55″W / 53.612°N 6.182°WCoordinates: 53°36′43″N 6°10′55″W / 53.612°N 6.182°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | 116 |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| History | |
| 1844 | Station opens |
| Iarnród Éireann - Ireland railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
Balbriggan railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Baile Brigín) serves Balbriggan in County Dublin. It is the northern limit of the Dublin suburban rail network and of the short hop zone.
The station opened on 25 May 1844 and closed for goods traffic on 2 December 1974.[1] Due to a growing population, planning permission has been submitted to increase the capacity of the station.[2] .
[edit] History
Opened by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) until 1950. The GNR(I) was then taken over by the Irish and Northern Irish Governments and was run through the Great Northern Railway Board until 1958. Upon the dissolution of the GNRB those portions of the former GNR(I) within the Irish Republic passed to the Coras Iompair Éireann. It passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986.
| Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skerries | Commuter Northern Commuter |
Gormanston | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Balbriggan station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ "Planning permission". Fingal County Council. http://planning.fingalcoco.ie/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=F07A/1127. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
