Blackrock railway station explained

Blackrock
Native Name:An Charraig Dhubh
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Bath Place, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 E4P9
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.303°N -6.1789°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Gates:2
Bus Stands:1
Routes:5
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Travelcentre:No
Baggage Check:No
Original:Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Pregroup:Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Postgroup:Great Southern Railways
Years:17 December 1834
Events:Station opens
Years1:1983
Events1:Station upgraded
Years2:2005
Events2:Station refurbished
Electrified:1984
Accessible:Yes
Code:BROCK
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 1
Services Collapsible:yes

Blackrock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened publicly on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland.

Services

The station is fully accessible and has two through platforms connected via a footbridge with lifts.

DART

From the inception of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) service in 1984, all DART services stop at Blackrock.

Other services

Blackrock is on the commuter Dundalk Dublin Maynooth routes and some trains on these routes have a scheduled stop here.

History

The station opened on 17 December 1834. as one of the three original stations on the D&KR, the others being Westland Row (Pearse) and though the latter was subsequently rebuilt to the south of the original site.[1] On 27 January 1858, an accident happened in the vicinity of the station.

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops served by Dublin Bus route 46E, 2 Go-Ahead Ireland routes 114 and S8 along with some private operators.[2]

There is a taxi rank outside the station and a large car park adjacent to the station.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Winchester, C.. Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Christopher, John. 2014. 9781445640396. Amberley Publishing. 9–10.
  2. Web site: Central Park Bus Timetable . Central Park . 8 June 2021 . 17 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210117005113/https://centralpark.ie/central-park-bus-timetable/ . live .