Kilcock railway station

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

Kilcock

Cill Choca
Iarnród Éireann
Train passing the site of the 1850-1963 station
General information
LocationBridge Street, Kilcock, County Kildare
Ireland
Coordinates53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W / 53.39917°N 6.66889°W / 53.39917; -6.66889
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeKCOCK
Fare zoneSuburban 5
Key dates
1847Station opened
1963Station closed
1998Station reopens

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 edit

 
Kilcock railway station in 2020.
Dublin-Sligo main line
Year
closed
 
 
 
Sligo Quay freight terminal
2000
 
Ballysodare
1963
 
Ballisodare River
 
 
1957
 
 
1963
 
Collooney
 
Ballymote
 
Kilfree Junction
1963
 
 
1963
 
Boyle
 
Carrick-on-Shannon
 
Drumsna
1963
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dromod
 
Newtown Forbes
1963
 
Longford
 
Edgeworthstown
 
Street & Rathowen
1963
 
 
1959
 
Inny Junction
1931
 
Multyfarnham
1963
 
Clonhugh
1963
 
 
 
 
 
1964
 
Mullingar
 
Killucan
1963
 
Hill of Down
1963
 
 
Moyvalley
1963
 
 
to Edenderry
1931
 
Enfield
 
Ferns Lock
1963
 
Kilcock
 
Maynooth
 
Blakestown
 
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
 
Leixlip Confey
 
Lucan North
1941
 
Barberstown
 
 
 
Clonsilla
 
Coolmine
 
Coolmine
 
Castleknock
 
Blanchardstown
1937
 
Navan Road Parkway
 
Ashtown
 
Ashtown
 
Pelletstown
 
Reilly's Bridge
1847
 
Broombridge
 
Liffey Junction
passengers 1937
goods 1977
 
 
Dublin Broadstone
1937
 
Glasnevin
1910
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drumcondra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dublin Connolly  
 
 
 
 

  = Western Commuter
Western Commuter
 
 
Longford
 
Edgeworthstown
 
Mullingar
 
Enfield
 
Kilcock
 
Maynooth
 
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
 
Leixlip Confey
 
 
M3 Parkway
 
 
Dunboyne
 
 
Hansfield (serves Ongar)
 
 
 
Clonsilla
 
Coolmine
 
Castleknock
 
Navan Road Parkway
 
Ashtown
 
Pelletstown
 
Broombridge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drumcondra
 
 
 
Docklands
(  Spencer Dock)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dublin Connolly  
 
 
 
 
 
Tara Street
 
Dublin Pearse

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]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Train Timetables by Route". Iarnród Éireann. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Kilcock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Rail station at Kilcock opens". The Irish Times. 3 November 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links edit

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann Following station
Maynooth   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo
  Enfield
  Commuter
Western Commuter