Blackrock railway station

For other uses, see Blackrock railway station (disambiguation).

BlackrockAn Charraig Dhubh
Location	Bath Place, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 E4P9 Ireland
Coordinates	53°18′11″N 6°10′44″W / 53.30297°N 6.17891°W / 53.30297; -6.17891Coordinates: 53°18′11″N 6°10′44″W / 53.30297°N 6.17891°W / 53.30297; -6.17891
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	17 114
Bus operators	Go-Ahead Ireland
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
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 Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Sydney Parade   Commuter Northern Commuter Peak times only   Dún Laoghaire Mallin   Commuter Western Commuter Peak times only     Commuter South Eastern Commuter   Booterstown   DART Trans-Dublin   Seapoint   Historical railways   Booterstown Line and station open   Dublin and Kingstown Railway   Salthill Line and station open

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

v t e Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Legend
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 Merrion (planned) Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (planned) Bray Daly Greystones

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.

Services

The station 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 intercity Dublin-Rosslare and commuter Dundalk-Dublin-Arklow-Gorey routes and some trains on these routes have a scheduled stop here.

History

The station opened on 17 December 1834.^[1] 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.^[2] On 27 January 1858, a heavy accident happened in the vicinity of the station.^{[citation needed]}

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops served by several Dublin Bus routes, Go-Ahead Ireland routes and some private operators.^[3]

There is also a taxi rank near the station on Blackrock Main Street, and a large car park adjacent to the station.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

• (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

1. "Blackrock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
2. Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.
3. https://centralpark.ie/central-park-bus-timetable/

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackrock railway station.

• Irish Rail Blackrock Station Website