Blackrock railway station
Blackrock An Charraig Dhubh  | ||
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| Location | Bath Place, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 E4P9 Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 53°18′11″N 6°10′44″W / 53.30297°N 6.17891°WCoordinates: 53°18′11″N 6°10′44″W / 53.30297°N 6.17891°W | |
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | |
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | |
| Platforms | 2 | |
| Bus routes | 17 114 | |
| Bus operators | Go-Ahead Ireland | |
| Construction | ||
| Structure type | At-grade | |
| Other information | ||
| Station code | BROCK | |
| Fare zone | Suburban 1 | |
| History | ||
| Electrified | 1984 | |
| Original company | Dublin and Kingstown Railway | |
| Pre-grouping | Dublin and South Eastern Railway | |
| Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways | |
| Key dates | ||
| 17 December 1834 | Station opens | |
| 1983 | Station upgraded | |
| 2005 | Station refurbished | |
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Blackrock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened publicly on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland.
Services[]
The station has two through platforms connected via a footbridge with lifts.
DART[]
From the inception of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) service in 1984, all DART services stop at Blackrock.
Other services[]
Blackrock is on the intercity Dublin-Rosslare and commuter Dundalk-Dublin-Arklow-Gorey routes and some trains on these routes have a scheduled stop here.
History[]
The station opened on 17 December 1834.[1] as one of the three original stations on the D&KR, the others being Westland Row (Pearse) and Dún Laoghaire though the latter was subsequently rebuilt to the south of the original site.[2] On 27 January 1858, a heavy accident happened in the vicinity of the station.[citation needed]
Road transport services[]
Directly outside the station are bus stops served by several Dublin Bus routes, Go-Ahead Ireland routes and some private operators.[3]
There is also a taxi rank near the station on Blackrock Main Street, and a large car park adjacent to the station.[citation needed]
Gallery[]
(1834) Looking north across Merrion Strand in Dublin Bay from Blackrock railway station
Accident as of 27 January 1858
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Blackrock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.
- ^ "Central Park Bus Timetable". Central Park. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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- Iarnród Éireann stations in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
- Railway stations opened in 1834
- 1834 establishments in Ireland