Blackrock railway station

Blackrock

An Charraig Dhubh
Blackrock; An Charraig Dhubh
General information
Location	Bath Place, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 E4P9; Ireland
Coordinates	53°18′11″N 6°10′44″W / 53.30297°N 6.17891°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus routes	5
Bus stands	1
Bus operators	Dublin Bus; Go-Ahead Ireland;
Connections	7; 7a; 46E; 114; S6;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	BROCK
Fare zone	Suburban 1
History
Electrified	1984
Original company	Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
17 December 1834	Station opens
1857	Line regauged from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) in to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
1983	Station upgraded
23 July 1984	DART services commence
2005	Station refurbished

Blackrock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened to the public 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.

South Eastern
Commuter

Legend

Dublin Area
Rapid Transit

Legend

Belfast–Dublin Main Line

Howth Junction & Donaghmede

to The Point

over River Liffey

Sandycove & Glasthule

(under construction)

Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

History

The station opened on 17 December 1834. as one of the three original stations on the D&KR, the others being Westland Row (now Pearse) and Dún Laoghaire though the latter was subsequently rebuilt to the south of the original site a few years later.^[1] On 27 January 1858, an accident happened in the vicinity of the station.^{[citation needed]}

Services

The station is fully accessible and has two through platforms connected via a footbridge with lifts.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Lansdowne Road		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare 2tpd northbound-only	Dún Laoghaire Mallin
Sydney Parade		Commuter Northern Commuter Peak times only	Dún Laoghaire Mallin
		Commuter Western Commuter Peak times only
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter
Booterstown		DART	Seapoint
	Historical railways
Williamstown Line open, station closed		Dublin and Kingstown Railway	Salthill Line and station open

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops served by Dublin Bus route 46E, 2 Go-Ahead Ireland routes 114 and S6 along with some private operators.^[2]

There is a taxi rank outside the station and a large car park adjacent to the station.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

(1834) Looking north across Merrion Strand in Dublin Bay from Blackrock railway station
Accident as of 27 January 1858

References

^ Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.
^ "Central Park Bus Timetable". Central Park. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

External links

Irish Rail Blackrock Station Website

[RoI-Winchester-1] Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.

[2] "Central Park Bus Timetable". Central Park. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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