Balbriggan railway station
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Balbriggan Baile Brigín  | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Street, Balbriggan, County Dublin, K32 YK59 Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°36′43″N 6°10′55″W / 53.612°N 6.182°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BBRGN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Suburban 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1844 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Balbriggan railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Bhaile Brigín) serves Balbriggan in County Dublin.
The station is located on the Dublin to Belfast railway line. It is the northern limit of Dublin's Short Hop Zone, meaning it is the last station Leap cards are valid at. Due to a growing population, planning permission has been submitted to increase the capacity of the station.[1]
History[edit]
The station opened on 25 May 1844.[2] It was opened by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) until 1950. The GNR(I) was then taken over by the Irish and Northern Irish Governments and was run through the Railway Board until 1958. Upon the dissolution of the GNRB those portions of the former GNR(I) within the Irish Republic passed to the Córas Iompair Éireann. The station closed for goods traffic on Monday 2 December 1974.
Description[edit]
The station has two lines which run through Balbriggan. A viaduct is to the south of the station and can be viewed by walkways on both sides. The right side of the walkway can be entered via stairs at Balbriggan Beach. The left side can be entered via a path on Quay Street. The station currently[when?] has 2 platforms. Platform 2 contains the main entrance via the station building. Inside, there are ticket machines, a ticket office and ticket barriers. Platform 1 has to be entered via a footbridge over the tracks. Each platform has real time information screens. The platforms have loudspeakers for announcements. All Northern Commuter services stop and one train per day terminates/originates at the station. Enterprise and Tara Mines zinc trains pass through the station without stopping.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Planning permission". Fingal County Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
- ^ "Balbriggan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.[page needed]
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.[page needed]
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.[page needed]
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