Balbriggan railway station explained

Balbriggan
Native Name:Baile Brigín
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Railway Street, Balbriggan, County Dublin, K32 YK59
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.612°N -6.182°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Routes:3
Opened:1844
Code:BBRGN
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 5

Balbriggan railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Bhaile Brigín) serves Balbriggan in County Dublin.

The station is located on the Dublin to Belfast railway line. It is the northern limit of Dublin's Short Hop Zone, meaning it is the last station Leap cards are valid at. Due to a growing population, planning permission has been submitted to increase the capacity of the station.[1]

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844.[2] It was opened by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) until 1950. The GNR(I) was then taken over by the Irish and Northern Irish Governments and was run through the Railway Board until 1958. Upon the dissolution of the GNRB those portions of the former GNR(I) within the Irish Republic passed to the Córas Iompair Éireann. The station closed for goods traffic on Monday 2 December 1974.

Description

The station has two lines which run through Balbriggan. A viaduct is to the south of the station and can be viewed by walkways on both sides. The right side of the walkway can be entered via stairs at Balbriggan Beach. The left side can be entered via a path on Quay Street. The station currently has 2 platforms. Platform 2 contains the main entrance via the station building. Inside, there are ticket machines, a ticket office and ticket barriers. Platform 1 has to be entered via a footbridge over the tracks. Each platform has real time information screens. The platforms have loudspeakers for announcements. All Northern Commuter services stop and one train per day terminates/originates at the station. Enterprise and Tara Mines zinc trains pass through the station without stopping.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Planning permission . Fingal County Council . https://archive.today/20120719013141/http://planning.fingalcoco.ie/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=F07A/1127 . dead . 19 July 2012 . 2007-10-22 .
  2. Web site: Balbriggan station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2007-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. 26 September 2007 . live.