Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station

Leixlip Louisa Bridge Léim an Bhradáin Droichead Louisa
Location	Leixlip Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°22′12″N 6°30′25″W / 53.3699°N 6.5069°W / 53.3699; -6.5069Coordinates: 53°22′12″N 6°30′25″W / 53.3699°N 6.5069°W / 53.3699; -6.5069
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	92
Key dates
1 September 1848	Station opens as Louisa Bridge and Leixlip
1851	Station renamed Leixlip
2 July 1990	Station renamed Leixlip Louisa Bridge
2000	Station upgraded

Leixlip Louisa Bridge is a railway station which serves Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. It is one of two stations in Leixlip, the other being Leixlip Confey. Both stations lie on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter route^[1] It is one of the few stations in the Iarnród Éireann network in which the station building is located directly over the platforms, on a bridge (Dun Laoghaire railway station also follows this design).

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

History

29000 Class DMU on a Western Commuter service

Originally named Louisa Bridge & Leixlip when it opened on 1 September 1848 the station was known simply as Leixlip from 1851,^[2] until the opening of Leixlip Confey railway station in 1990.

The station was upgraded to two platforms as part of the Western Commuter upgrade project in the early 2000s. At the same time it was reconstructed to be disability friendly. The previous station building is now a dwelling house. The 1980s concrete block station building remains, albeit out of use, the only remaining station building of this style from the 1980s re-opening of the Western Commuter line.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland
• Rail transport in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Leixlip (Louisa Bridge) Station Website
• Pictures of Leixlip Louisa Bridge
• Eiretrains - Leixlip Station

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Leixlip Confey		Commuter Western Commuter		Maynooth
	Future
Leixlip Confey		DART Line 1		Maynooth
	Disused railways
Lucan North		Midland Great Western Railway Dublin-Galway/Sligo		Maynooth

References