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{{Short description|Railway station in Leixlip, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}}
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| name = Leixlip Louisa Bridge
| native_name = Léim an Bhradáin Droichead Louisa
| native_name_lang = GA
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| address = Station Road, [[Leixlip]], [[County Kildare]], W23 NH33
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| structure = At-grade
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| bus_operators = [[Dublin Bus]], [[JJ Kavanagh and Sons]]
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'''Leixlip Louisa Bridge''' is a railway station in the north-eastern corner of [[County Kildare]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is one of two stations that serve the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Leixlip (civil parish)|Leixlip]], the other being [[Leixlip Confey]]. Both stations lie on the [[Dublin Connolly|Dublin]] to [[Maynooth railway station|Maynooth]] commuter route.<ref>[http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Irish Rail Printable Timetables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402042758/http://www.irishrail.ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route |date=2019-04-02 }}{{full citation needed|date=July 2015}}</ref> It is one of the few stations in the Iarnród Éireann network in which the station building is located directly over the platforms, on a bridge ([[Dún Laoghaire railway station|Dún Laoghaire]] railway station also follows this design).

{{Dublin Suburban Rail Western|collapse=yes}}

==Location and access==
[[File:Ryewater aqueduct from Louisa Bridge station.jpg|thumb|right|View of the Rye Water aqueduct from Louisa Bridge station]]
The station is located west of the town centre, on the R148 regional road.

==History==
[[File:29420 Ireland.png|thumb|right|A 29000 Class DMU (29020) on a Western Commuter service to Maynooth]]

Originally named ''Louisa Bridge & Leixlip'' when it opened on 1 September 1848 the station was known simply as ''Leixlip'' from 1851,<ref>{{cite web | title=Leixlip Louisa Bridge station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=5 September 2007}}</ref> until the opening of [[Leixlip Confey]] railway station in 1990.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

The station was upgraded to two platforms as part of the Western Commuter upgrade project in the early 2000s. At the same time, it was reconstructed to be [[disability]]-friendly. The previous station building is now a dwelling house. The 1980s concrete block station building remains, albeit out of use, and is the only remaining station building of this style from the 1980s re-opening of the Western Commuter line.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

== See also ==
* [[List of railway stations in Ireland]]
* [[Rail transport in Ireland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030062800/http://www.irishrail.ie/Leixlip%20(Louisa%20Bridge) Irish Rail Leixlip (Louisa Bridge) Station Website]

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{{rail line|previous=[[Leixlip Confey railway station|Leixlip Confey]]|next=[[Maynooth railway station|Maynooth]]|route=[[Commuter (Iarnród Éireann)|Commuter]] [[Dublin Suburban Rail#Western Commuter|Western Commuter]]|col=00A550}}
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[[Category:Leixlip]]
[[Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in County Kildare]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1848]]

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