Kilcoole railway station explained

Kilcoole
Native Name:Cill Chomhghaill
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Sea Road, Kilcoole, County Wicklow
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:53.1064°N -6.0411°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:1
Tracks:1
Parking:15
Accessible:Yes
Original:Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pregroup:Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Postgroup:Great Southern Railways
Years:30 October 1855
Events:Opened, as Kilcool and
Newtownmountkennedy
Years1:1880
Events1:Renamed Kilcool
Years2:1890
Events2:The original platform, seaward
side, washed away by sea
Years3:9 June 1947
Events3:Goods services cease
Years4:30 March 1964
Events4:Closed
Years5:8 June 1980
Events5:Reopened as Kilcoole
Electrified:No
Code:KCOOL, 139
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:Suburban 5

Kilcoole railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chill Chomghaill) is a railway station in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. The station serves the village of the same name and the nearby village of Newtownmountkennedy.

Facilities and services

The station has one through platform and is unstaffed, has no ticket machine or toilet and is not wheelchair accessible.

The station is one of the least served on the whole Irish Rail network, with only a handful of trains per day. These include, on weekdays, four trains per day to Dublin Connolly (with one continuing to Dundalk) two to Rosslare Europort, one train to Wexford and one train to Gorey.[1] On Saturdays there are four trains to Connolly, (with one continuing to Dundalk) and three to Rosslare Europort. On Sundays and bank holidays there are three trains in each direction.

History

The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Kilcool.[2] The station was closed in 1964 due to a lack of resources or use. It reopened on 2 November 1980, renamed Kilcoole.

Location

The station is located on Kilcoole Beach, right beside the coastline. Kilcoole village is 1.6 km from the station, while Newtownmountkennedy is 6 km from the station.

Road transport

There is no public road transport to or from the station. The nearest bus stop is at Beechdale, located 900m from the station which is served by Dublin Bus routes 84/84a (Newcastle to Blackrock, via Bray Station) and 84X (Newcastle to Dublin, via UCD).

There is a free car-park, located to the west of the station's platform.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 9 September 2019 . 2 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170702135348/http://www.irishrail.ie/media/08_dublin-rosslare.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Kilcoole station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2018-11-06.