Kilcoole railway station

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Kilcoole Cill Chomhghaill
Entrance to Kilcoole railway station
Location	Sea Road, Kilcoole, County Wicklow Ireland
Coordinates	53°6′23″N 6°2′28″W / 53.10639°N 6.04111°W / 53.10639; -6.04111Coordinates: 53°6′23″N 6°2′28″W / 53.10639°N 6.04111°W / 53.10639; -6.04111
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	15
Disabled access	No
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[]

The station has one through platform and is unmanned, 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, two trains per day to Dublin Connolly, two to Rosslare Europort, and one train to Wexford.^[1] On Saturdays there is one train to Dundalk and one to Rosslare Europort.^[1] There are no services on Sundays or bank holidays.^[1]

History[]

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[]

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[]

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.

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Greystones		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line limited service		Wicklow
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter limited service
	Disused railways
Greystones & Delgany		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Newcastle Line open, station closed

Gallery[]

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  Platform

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kilcoole railway station.

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Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly for Dublin Airport Luas Red Line   R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse for Dublin Airport Grand Canal Street railway works 1925 Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Mallin Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt St.) Woodbrook Halt 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole (limited service) Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

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Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dun Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (planned) Bray Daly Greystones Kilcoole (limited service) Wicklow Rathdrum Avoca (planned) Arklow Gorey Dublin–Rosslare Line

• Irish Rail Kilcoole Station Website