Drogheda railway station
Drogheda MacBride Droichead Átha Mac Giolla Bhríde | |
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Exterior of Drogheda railway station | |
Location | |
Place | Drogheda |
Local authority | Louth County Council |
Coordinates | 53°42′43″N 6°19′59″W / 53.7119°N 6.333°WCoordinates: 53°42′43″N 6°19′59″W / 53.7119°N 6.333°W |
Operations | |
Station code | 120 |
Platforms in use | 2 |
History | |
1844 | Station opened |
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Drogheda MacBride railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Droichead Átha Mac Giolla Bhríde) serves Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.
Description
The present station is located on a sharp curve on the south approach to the Boyne Viaduct. Formerly there were three lines through the station between the 'up' and 'down' platforms, but when the station was refurbished in 1997, up platform line was removed and the platform widened.[1]
It was given the name MacBride on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of John MacBride, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.
There is a railcar servicing depot for commuter trains here.
History
The original Drogheda station opened on 25 May 1844 about a quarter mile southeast. The passenger station was resited when the first temporary Boyne Viaduct opened in 11 May 1853. The former GNR(I) branch to Oldcastle (opened to Navan in 1850; throughout 1863) diverges from the Dublin-Belfast mainline immediately south of the station. This serves Drogheda Cement Works and Tara Mines near Navan.
Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann | Following station | ||
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Dublin Connolly | Enterprise Dublin-Belfast |
Dundalk Clarke | ||
Laytown | Commuter Northern Commuter | |||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Drogheda-Oldcastle |
Duleek | ||
Laytown | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Dublin-Dundalk |
Dunleer |
External links
References
- ↑ "Drogheda station". Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-05.