Kilcock railway station

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

Kilcock

Cill Choca
Train passing the site of the 1850-1963 station
LocationBridge Street, Kilcock, County Kildare
Ireland
Coordinates53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeKCOCK
Fare zoneSuburban 5
Key dates
1847Station opened
1963Station closed
1998Station reopens

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

Kilcock railway station in 2020.

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% (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 Royal Canal and railway but closed in 1963. The current station, under Shaw Bridge, opened in 1998.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Train Timetables by Route". Iarnród Éireann. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019.
  2. "Kilcock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  3. "Rail station at Kilcock opens". The Irish Times. November 3, 1998. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
Dublin-Sligo main line
Year
closed
Sligo Quay freight terminal
2000
Ballysodare
1963
Ballisodare River
1957
1963
Collooney
Ballymote
Kilfree Junction
1963
to Ballaghaderreen
1963
Boyle
Carrick-on-Shannon
Drumsna
1963
Dromod
Newtown Forbes
1963
Longford
Edgeworthstown
Street & Rathowen
1963
to Cavan
1959
Inny Junction
1931
Multyfarnham
1963
Clonhugh
1963
1964
Mullingar
Killucan
1963
Hill of Down
1963
Moyvalley
1963
to Edenderry
1931
Enfield
Ferns Lock
1963
Kilcock
Maynooth
Blakestown
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Leixlip Confey
Lucan North
1941
Barberstown
Clonsilla
Porterstown
DM (future)
Coolmine
Coolmine
Castleknock
Blanchardstown
1937
Navan Road Parkway
Ashtown
Ashtown
Pelletstown
(future)
Reilly's Bridge
1847
Broombridge
Liffey Junction
Passengers 1937
Goods 1977
Dublin Broadstone
Passengers 1937
Goods 1961
Glasnevin
1910
Drumcondra
Docklands
( Spencer Dock)
Dublin Connolly
Luas Red Line
to Saggart and Tallaght

Western Commuter
Longford
Edgeworthstown
Mullingar
Enfield
Kilcock
Maynooth
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Leixlip Confey
M3 Parkway
Dunboyne
Hansfield (serves Ongar)
Clonsilla
Porterstown
DM (future)
Coolmine
Castleknock
Navan Road Parkway
Ashtown
Pelletstown
(under construction)
Broombridge
Glasnevin
DM (future)
Drumcondra
Docklands
( Spencer Dock)
Dublin Connolly
Luas Red Line
to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght/Saggart
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Maynooth   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo
  Enfield
  Commuter
Western Commuter
 
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