Kilcock railway station

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Kilcock Iarnród Éireann
Location
Place Kilcock
Local authority Kildare County Council
Operations
Platforms in use 1
History
1847 Station opened
Iarnród Éireann - Ireland railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Western Commuter
Legend
To Sligo
Mullingar
Enfield
Kilcock
Maynooth
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Leixlip Confey
To Hansfield, Dunboyne, and M3 Parkway
Clonsilla
Coolmine
Castleknock
Navan Road Parkway
Ashtown
Broombridge
To Liffey Junction and Broadstone (Disused)
Phoenix Park Tunnel (To Dublin Heuston)
Drumcondra
Docklands(Luas Spencer Dock)
Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
(To Dublin Heuston and Tallaght)
Loopline Bridge
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse

Kilcock railway station serves the town of Kilcock in County Kildare, Ireland.

It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford commuter service and Dublin to Sligo Intercity Service. Passengers change at Maynooth to travel to stations on the Dublin to Maynooth and Dublin to M3 Parkway commuter services.[1]

History

The railway arrived in Kilcock on 28 June 1847, but the station closed on 1 July 1848,[2] as it was sited on a 1 in 100 gradient, which the locomotives of the day found difficult to start off from. This site was slightly east of the current Kilcock station. A replacement station opened in 1850 west of the town, where the old N4 crosses the canal and railway, but closed in 1963. The current station, under Shaw Bridge, opened in 1998.

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann Following station
Maynooth   Commuter
Western Commuter
  Enfield

External links

References

  1. http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Irish Rail Printable Timetables
  2. "Kilcock station". Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 4 September 2007. 

Coordinates: 53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W / 53.39917°N 6.66889°W / 53.39917; -6.66889

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