Blackrock railway station

ConnectionsConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeBROCKFare zoneSuburban 1HistoryElectrified1984Original companyDublin and Kingstown RailwayPre-groupingDublin and South Eastern RailwayPost-groupingGreat Southern RailwaysKey dates17 December 1834Station opens1983Station upgraded2005Station refurbished

Blackrock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened publicly 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.

v t e South Eastern Commuter
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Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (planned) Bray Greystones Kilcoole Wicklow Rathdrum Arklow Gorey Dublin–Rosslare Line

v t e Dublin Area Rapid Transit
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Belfast–Dublin Main Line Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly   to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge over River Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill & Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove & Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (under construction) Bray Daly Greystones Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

Services

The station is fully accessible and has two through platforms connected via a footbridge with lifts.^{[citation needed]}

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.

History

The station opened on 17 December 1834. as one of the three original stations on the D&KR, the others being Westland Row (Pearse) and Dún Laoghaire though the latter was subsequently rebuilt to the south of the original site.^[1] On 27 January 1858, an accident happened in the vicinity of the station.^{[citation needed]}

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops served by a Dublin Bus route, 2 Go-Ahead Ireland routes and some private operators.^[2]

There is a taxi rank outside the station and a large car park adjacent to the station.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

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