Sydney Parade railway station

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This article is about the railway station in Dublin. See Sydney railway station for others stations with the same name

Sydney Parade railway station serves Sydney Parade Avenue in Dublin, Ireland.

The station opened in 1835 as a halt on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. In 1852, it was upgraded to a full station leading to shelters, stone platforms and a footbridge.

The station was closed in 1960 and reopened in 1972. It serves the southern end of Dublin 4, St Vincent's Hospital at Elm Park, the RTE Radio & Television studios at Montrose, Donnybrook and has a bus connection with the University College of Dublin campus at Belfield.

There is an alternative spelling 'Sidney Parade' in common usage for the station.

[edit] Literary reference

A crucial incident in A Painful Case by James Joyce occurs here, in his collection Dubliners.

[edit] Trivia

The Sydney Parade station has become commonly referenced to in youth culture in Dublin, especially within the general area of south Dublin city for its reference in the title of the bestselling "anti-cult" book - "Should Have Got Off At Sydney Parade" authored under the pen-name Ross O'Carroll Kelly.