Newbridge railway station (Ireland)

Newbridge railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork railway line and Dublin Commuter Service.[1] It serves the town of Newbridge in County Kildare, Ireland and lies approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Irish Army Curragh Camp.

Newbridge

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Iarnród Éireann
Two CIÉ 141/181 class locomotives bring the 7:30 Westport - Dublin passenger train into Newbridge station in 1986
General information
LocationStation Road, Newbridge, County Kildare, W12 CP28
Ireland
Coordinates53°11′07″N 6°48′30″W / 53.1853°N 6.8083°W / 53.1853; -6.8083
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeNBRGE
Fare zoneD
History
Opened4 August 1846

History edit

 
Soldiers waiting on the platform, c.1910

The station opened on 4 August 1846 and was closed for goods traffic on 6 September 1976.[2]

Bus links edit

South Kildare Community Transport serve the station providing a link to Milltown.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Timetables". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Newbridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  3. ^ South Kildare Community Transport Limited. "South Kildare Community Transport Bus Timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2014.

External links edit

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann Following station
Dublin Heuston   InterCity
Dublin-Waterford Main Line
  Kildare
  InterCity
Dublin-Westport/Galway railway line
 
Sallins & Naas   Commuter
South Western Commuter
  Kildare
or
Terminus