Blackrock railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Irish English Template:Template other Blackrock railway station (Template:Langx) 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. Template:Dublin Suburban Rail South Eastern Template:Trans-Dublin railway

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 Template:Rws though the latter was subsequently rebuilt to the south of the original site a few years later. On 27 January 1858, an accident happened in the vicinity of the station.

Services

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

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.

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops served by Go-Ahead Ireland routes 114, L26 and S6 along with some private operators.

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

Gallery

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Blackrock Station Website