Kilcock railway station

Kilcock Cill Choca
Location	Kilcock Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W / 53.39917°N 6.66889°W / 53.39917; -6.66889Coordinates: 53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W / 53.39917°N 6.66889°W / 53.39917; -6.66889
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1847	Station opened
1963	Station closed
1998	Station reopens

Western Commuter
Legend
Line to Sligo Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey To Hansfield, Dunboyne, & M3 Parkway Clonsilla Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Broombridge To Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone (Closed 1937) The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel (To Dublin Heuston) Drumcondra Docklands( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly 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.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail Kilcock Station Website

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Maynooth		Commuter Western Commuter		Enfield
	Disused railways
Maynooth		Midland Great Western Railway Dublin-Galway/Sligo		Enfield