Kilcock railway station explained

Kilcock
Native Name:Cill Choca
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Bridge Street, Kilcock, County Kildare
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.3992°N -6.6689°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:1
Accessible:yes
Years:1847
Events:Station opened
Years1:1963
Events1:Station closed
Years2:1998
Events2:Station reopens
Code:KCOCK
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 5

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

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

The first station opened on 28 June 1847, and was replaced by a new station on 1 July 1848, which closed to regular passenger traffic on 10 November 1947.[2] The current station, under Shaw Bridge, opened in 1998.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Train Timetables by Route. Iarnród Éireann. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402042758/http://www.irishrail.ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route. 2 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Kilcock station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 4 September 2007 . 26 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf . live .
  3. News: Rail station at Kilcock opens. The Irish Times. 3 November 1998. 21 December 2019.