Kilcoole railway station
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General information | |
Location | Sea Road, Kilcoole, County Wicklow Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°6′23″N 6°2′28″W / 53.10639°N 6.04111°W |
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
Platforms | 1 |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Parking | 15 |
Accessible | Yes |
Other information | |
Station code | KCOOL, 139 |
Fare zone | Suburban 5 |
History | |
Electrified | No |
Original company | Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway |
Pre-grouping | Dublin and South Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways |
Key dates | |
30 October 1855 | Opened, as Kilcool and Newtownmountkennedy |
1880 | Renamed Kilcool |
1890 | The original platform, seaward side, washed away by sea |
9 June 1947 | Goods services cease |
30 March 1964 | Closed |
8 June 1980 | Reopened as Kilcoole |
Kilcoole railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chill Chomghaill) is a railway station in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. The station serves the village of the same name and the nearby village of Newtownmountkennedy.
Facilities and services
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The station has one through platform and is unstaffed, has no ticket machine or toilet and is not wheelchair accessible.
The station is one of the least served on the whole Irish Rail network,[citation needed] with only a handful of trains per day. These include, on weekdays, four trains per day to Dublin Connolly (with one continuing to Dundalk) two to Rosslare Europort, one train to Wexford and one train to Gorey.[1] On Saturdays there are four trains to Connolly, (with one continuing to Dundalk) and three to Rosslare Europort.[1] On Sundays and bank holidays there are three trains in each direction.[1]
History
[edit]The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Kilcool.[2] The station was closed in 1964 due to a lack of resources or use. It reopened on 2 November 1980, renamed Kilcoole.
Location
[edit]The station is located on Kilcoole Beach, right beside the coastline. Kilcoole village is 1.6 km from the station, while Newtownmountkennedy is 6 km from the station.
Road transport
[edit]There is no public road transport to or from the station. The nearest bus stop is at Beechdale, located 900m from the station which is served by Dublin Bus routes 84/84a (Newcastle to Blackrock, via Bray Station) and 84X (Newcastle to Dublin, via UCD).[citation needed]
There is a free car-park, located to the west of the station's platform.
Gallery
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Protection
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Platform
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Kilcoole station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
External links
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Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Greystones | InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line limited service |
Wicklow | ||
Commuter South Eastern Commuter limited service |
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Disused railways | ||||
Greystones & Delgany | Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare |
Newcastle Line open, station closed |