Kishoge | |
Native Name: | An Chiseog |
Native Name Lang: | GA |
Symbol: | rail |
Symbol Location: | ie |
Address: | Outer Ring Road, Clonburris, County Dublin |
Country: | Ireland |
Bus Routes: | 1 |
Bus Operators: | Go-Ahead Ireland |
Structure: | At-grade |
Platform: | 4 |
Owned: | Iarnród Éireann |
Operator: | Iarnród Éireann |
Embedded: | |
Mapframe: | yes |
Map State: | collasped |
Status: | Completed but unopened (as of 2023) |
Kishoge railway station is a railway station in Ireland that is planned to serve the Kishoge (sometimes 'Kishogue') housing development in west County Dublin. It is located on the South Western Commuter route from Dublin Heuston as part of the Kildare Route Project. While construction of the station was largely complete as of 2009,[1] [2] it had not opened as of mid-2024.
The station was initially built in 2009 for €6 million.[3] It was the last of a series of new and upgraded stations to be built on the route to improve commuter services from the south-west of Dublin.[4] [5]
The station remained unopened as of 2022, with the railway network operator Iarnród Éireann stating that expected local development did not occur for economic reasons, and "there was a further delay due to the [COVID-19] pandemic".[6]
It was reported in mid-2022 that the station would need refurbishment at a cost of €3.8 million before an anticipated station opening in late 2023, fourteen years after its original completion.[6] By early 2023, it was suggested that this refurbishment could take place between March and November 2023, with the station then proposed to open in December 2023.[7] However, as of August 2023, it was reported that the opening would be delayed by at least "six more months".[8]
In early August 2024, it was reported that – following refurbishment and some adjacent road realignment – the station would open on 26 August 2024.[9]