Woodbrook railway station

Woodbrook Sruthán na Coille
Location	Ireland
Coordinates	53°13′01″N 6°06′29″W / 53.217°N 6.108°W / 53.217; -6.108Coordinates: 53°13′01″N 6°06′29″W / 53.217°N 6.108°W / 53.217; -6.108
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Original company	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1910	Station opens
1915	Station relocated inland
31 December 1958	Services to Harcourt Street cease
1960	Station closes

v t Harcourt Street Line
Legend
Year closed Harcourt Street 1958 Harcourt Rd. Harcourt Road 1859 Harcourt Street Depot Grand Canal Dartmouth Rd. Northbrook Rd. Ranelagh Rd. Charleston Rd. Ranelagh & Rathmines 1958 Milltown 1958 Nine Arches Viaduct over River Dodder Main St., Dundrum Dundrum 1958 Kilmacud Rd. Upper 80m Stillorgan 1958 Brewery Rd. Stillorgan Rd. 1958 Glenamuck Rd. Nth. Carrickmines 1958 Lehaunstown Ln. over Loughlinstown River Cherrywood Rd. Stonebridge Rd. Shankill (DW&WR) 1958 Dublin Rd. (R119) Quinn's Rd. Shanganagh Junct. Dublin-Rosslare line to Amiens Street Woodbrook Halt 1960 Bray River Seapoint Rd. Quinnsborough Rd. Bray Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Wexford and Waterford

Woodbrook railway station, or Woodbrook Halt, was a station on the former Harcourt Street railway line of the Dublin and South Eastern Railway near Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 1910, the station closed in 1960, shortly after services on the Harcourt Street line ceased in 1958. The station served Shankill and Shanganagh, including the Woodbrook Estate from which it took its name, and lay a short distance north of Bray, at the northern edge of County Wicklow.

As of 2020, a new station, provisionally named Woodbrook DART Station (Irish: Stáisiún DART Shruthán na Coille),^[1][2] was proposed to be built on the DART in the nearby Woodbrook-Shanganagh area of Dublin.^[3]

History[]

The Harcourt Street railway line was built by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway and opened in 1854, running from a temporary terminus at Harcourt Road near the city centre to Bray. Woodbrook Halt was added as a halt in 1910. The station was located on the main line a few yards south of Shanganagh Junction and served the cricket ground on Sir Stanley Cochrane's Woodbrook estate. The Woodbrook Golf Club and Cricket Grounds later used this halt between 1920 and 1960.

The part of the line between Killiney and Bray was moved inland in 1915 due to coastal erosion, with the station and junction being relocated as a result. The new station lay in what is now the centre of Shanganagh Park.

Closure[]

The Harcourt Street line had declined in use throughout the early 20th century and was closed by CIÉ at the end of 1958. Being on the main line, Woodbrook survived the closure of the branch for a year until January 1960, when lifting of the line began. In the years that followed, the building at the halt was demolished and as the years went on, the platforms became overgrown.

Proposed station[]

A new station is intended for an area zoned for future housing development, with access to the proposed station included as part of a list of strategic infrastructure projects financed under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund in 2017.^[4] The proposed station is close to (but unconnected to) the former Woodbrook halt, the remains of which remain along the line at Woodbrook Golf Club.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2020, Iarnród Éireann stated its intention to apply for planning permission for the station.^[5] An application was submitted in October 2020,^[6] and planning permission was granted in July 2021.^[6][7]

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
	Proposed
Shankill		DART Trans-Dublin		Bray
	Disused railways
Killiney Line and station open		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Bray Line and station open
Shankill Line and station closed		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Bray		Bray

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