Balbriggan railway station

Balbriggan railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Bhaile Brigín) serves Balbriggan in County Dublin.

Balbriggan

Baile Brigín
LocationRailway Street, Balbriggan, County Dublin, K32 YK59
Ireland
Coordinates53.612°N 6.182°W / 53.612; -6.182
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeBBRGN
Fare zoneSuburban 5
History
Opened1844
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Skerries   Commuter
Northern Commuter		   Gormanston
or
Drogheda MacBride
  Future  
Skerries   DART
Line 2 (phase 1)		   Terminus
Skerries   DART
Line 2 (phase 2)		   Gormanston

It is the northern limit of the Dublin suburban rail network and the short hop zone. Due to a growing population, planning permission has been submitted to increase the capacity of the station.[1]

History

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 and viaduct

The station has two lines which run through Balbriggan. A viaduct is nearby and can be viewed by a walkway on either side. The right side of the walkway (the railway side) can be entered by stairs at Balbriggan Beach. The left side (the walking side) can be entered by a path on the public road. The road to the viaduct is Quay Street. The station currently has 2 platforms, platform 1 has yellow lines, a ticket vending machine with turnstiles and can be entered by the main station house. Platform 2 has to be entered by a bridge over the tracks and also has yellow lines. Each platform has real time information screens based on the progress of trains. The platforms have loudspeakers to make announcements. It is located on the Dublin to Belfast railway line. It is a stop for some commuter services and sometimes a terminus. An Enterprise may pass by hourly running fast through the station or some Tara Mine freight trains at some times also run through the station

DART Expansion

As part of Project Ireland 2040 the DART will be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush & Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda. It is expected to open in 2027 around the time of the Dublin Metro opening, however it is possible that the section between Malahide and Balbriggan could open earlier than 2027.

See also

References
  1. "Planning permission". Fingal County Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  2. "Balbriggan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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.
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