Blackrock railway station

Blackrock

An Charraig Dhubh
Blackrock; An Charraig Dhubh
General information
Location	Bath Place, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 E4P9; Ireland
Coordinates	53.30297°N 6.17891°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	17; 114; 46E;
Bus operators	Dublin Bus; Go-Ahead Ireland;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	BROCK
Fare zone	Suburban 1
History
Electrified	1984
Original company	Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
17 December 1834	Station opens
1983	Station upgraded
2005	Station refurbished
Services

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.

South Eastern
Commuter

Dublin Area
Rapid Transit

Howth Junction
& Donaghmede

to The Point

over River Liffey

Salthill and Monkstown

Dún Laoghaire Mallin

Sandycove and Glasthule

(planned)

Services

The station is fully accessible and has two through platforms connected via a footbridge with lifts.

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, a heavy accident happened in the vicinity of the station.

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops served by several Dublin Bus routes, 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.

Gallery

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

References

Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.
"Central Park Bus Timetable". Central Park. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

External links

Irish Rail Blackrock Station Website

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[RoI-Winchester-1] Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.

[2] "Central Park Bus Timetable". Central Park. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.