Kilcoole railway station

Kilcoole Cill Chomhghaill
Entrance to Kilcoole railway station
Location	Kilcoole Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°6′23″N 6°2′28″W / 53.10639°N 6.04111°W / 53.10639; -6.04111Coordinates: 53°6′23″N 6°2′28″W / 53.10639°N 6.04111°W / 53.10639; -6.04111
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	139
Key dates
30 October 1855	Opened, as Kilcoole and Newtownmountkennedy
by 1880	Renamed Kilcoole
9 June 1947	Goods services cease
30 March 1964	Closed
8 June 1980	Reopened

Dublin to Rosslare Line
Legend
Dublin–Belfast Line Dublin–Sligo line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line (to Dublin Heuston) Luas Red Line (to The Point) Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal DockDART Lansdowne RoadDART SandymountDART Sydney Parade Merrion Gates BooterstownDART Blackrock SeapointDART Salthill and MonkstownDART Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove and GlasthuleDART GlenagearyDART DalkeyDART Obelisk Hill (1855–1858) Killiney (1858–1882) KillineyDART Ballybrack (1854–1863) Ballybrack (1863–1882) ShankillDART Harcourt Street line Woodbrook Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle Wicklow Murrough Wicklow Rathnew Glenealy Rathdrum Avoca Shillelagh branch line Woodenbridge Junction Arklow Inch Gorey Camolin Ferns Enniscorthy Edermine Ferry Waterford line Macmine Junction Killurin Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South Limerick–Rosslare line Rosslare Strand Kilrane Rosslare Europort

Kilcoole railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chill Chomghaill) is a railway station in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. The station serves the village of the same name and the town of Newtownmountkennedy. The station has 1 platform.

History

The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Kilcoole & Newtownmountkennedy.^[1] The station was closed in 1964 due to a lack of resources or use. It reopened on 2 November 1980 with the first train being the 05:30 train from Dublin Connolly stopping on its way to Wicklow. The train guard was a railway man called Mick O' Grady who was later to become the Station Manager of Dublin Pearse in 2008 until presently.

Services/Routes

The station is one of the least served on the whole Irish Rail network, with only a handful of trains a day. The service from the station is:

Monday to Friday

• 2tpd (trains per day) to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
• 2tpd to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
• 1tpd to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow

Saturdays

• 1tpd to Dundalk Clarke via Bray Daly and Dublin Connolly
• 1tpd to Rosslare Europort via Arklow

Sundays

• No services call at the station on Sundays.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Greystones		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line		Wicklow
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter
	Disused railways
Greystones & Delgany		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Newcastle

Location

The station is located on Kilcoole Beach, right beside the coastline. There is a car-park, located to the west of the station's platform. There is no public transport to or from the station, although Dublin Bus route's 84 and 84x serve Sea Road around the Holywell area, a 10-minute walk. Kilcoole village is a 20-minute from the station while Newtownmountkennedy is an hours walk.

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  Platform 1

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail Kilcoole Station Website