La estación de tren de Broadstone (en irlandés : Stáisiún An Clocháin Leathan ) era la terminal de Dublín del Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR), ubicado en el suburbio de Broadstone en Dublín . El sitio también contenía las obras ferroviarias MGWR y un depósito de fuerza motriz de locomotora de vapor . Una estación de tranvía Luas abrió en el frente de la estación en 2017.
| Dublín Broadstone Baile Átha Cliath Stáisiún An Clocháin Leathan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 La fachada de la estación Broadstone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Localización | Phibsborough Road, Broadstone , Dublín 7, D07 X2AE Irlanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordenadas | 53 ° 21′15 ″ N 6 ° 16′26 ″ O / 53.354291 ° N 6.273816 ° W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propiedad de | Infraestructura de transporte CIÉ Irlanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operado por | Transdev (como Luas ) Bus Éireann | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plataformas | 2 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pistas | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operadores de autobuses | Autobús Éireann | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tipo de estructura | Al grado | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Compañía original | Ferrocarril Midland Great Western | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preagrupación | Ferrocarril Midland Great Western | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posagrupación | Grandes ferrocarriles del sur | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Junio 1847 ( 1847-06 ) | Estación abierta | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 de enero de 1937 | Estación cerrada a los servicios de pasajeros | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 de abril de 1961 | Estación cerrada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 de diciembre de 2017 | Comienzan los servicios de Luas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Actualmente es la sede de Bus Éireann , albergando la mayor parte de su administración y uno de sus garajes principales. [2] Cerca de la misma propiedad hay una estación de autobuses de Dublín .
Historia
Etimología
El nombre deriva del nórdico "Bradogue Steyn" o "Broad Stone", debido a que el río Bradogue cruza la carretera a Finglas en este lugar. [3] "Bradogue" en sí mismo significa "Salmón joven". [4]
Principios
En 1845, el Royal Canal fue comprado por Midland Great Western Railway Company (MGWR) con el fin de utilizar el terreno junto al canal para construir una línea de ferrocarril al oeste de Irlanda. La línea se construyó por etapas y en 1848 llegó a Mullingar. De manera similar, la estación de Broadstone se trabajó en conjunto con la apertura en 1847 y la finalización final en 1850. El MGWR desarrolló obras de locomotoras y carruajes alrededor de la estación.
Diseñada por John Skipton Mulvany , la estructura fue construida entre 1841 y 1850, y la columnata fue agregada en 1861. [5] La estación Broadstone está construida de granito en un estilo neo- egipcio . [6] Durante la construcción del techo permanente a fines de la década de 1840, fue dañado por un fuerte vendaval, pero la estructura de madera anterior sobre la que se estaba construyendo evitó un desastre total. [7] Se dice que el techo de dos tramos de 475 pies (145 m) por 120 pies (37 m) fue la base del diseño para el tramo más grande en Liverpool Lime Street . [1]
Con la construcción de la columnata en 1861, los trenes llegaron a la plataforma del lado este y los pasajeros salieron por la columnata. Los trenes partían de la plataforma del lado oeste donde había una oficina de reservas y salas de espera. Las cuatro vías intermedias se utilizaron para estabilizar el material rodante en el ínterin. El edificio al frente de la estación se usó como edificio de la sede del MGWR y no tenía entrada para pasajeros. [1]
Con Galway proyectado para convertirse en el principal puerto para el tráfico transatlántico de pasajeros entre Europa y América del Norte, el MGWR compitió con éxito con su rival Great Southern and Western Railway para llegar primero en agosto de 1851. El MGWR introdujo una cuarta clase especial para los pobres. inmigrantes del oeste que van a Gran Bretaña por trabajo. La línea, que se ramificó para servir a Sligo , Westport , Achill y Clifden , también se utilizó para transportar grandes cantidades de ganado.
It was about this time that the majority of the houses in the area were constructed as dwellings for workers on the railway. Most of the houses were built by the Artisan's Dwelling Company, which built many similar estates in Dublin and elsewhere, and houses of this type are now frequently described as Artisan cottages, regardless of their origin.
Joseph Howley, a member of the Irish Volunteers in Galway, was shot dead by a special unit of the RIC known as the Igoe Gang at the station on 4 December 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.[8]
Closure
The station was closed to public traffic on 18 January 1937 with MGWR services redirected to the more central Westland Row (Pearse). While the old MGWR main line was able to access the Dublin loop line to Amiens Street via the North Liffey line Newcomen Bridge junction, this was not available to heavier engines such as the Woolwich Moguls due to weight restrictions over the lifting bridge over the Royal Canal. The alternative route via the Drumcondra link line would have required reversals to the Glasnevin and Drumcondra junctions so the connecting line also remodeled at the same time to allow direct through running.[9]
After closure to passengers, the complex was used as a steam depot for Dublin, and then fully closed in 1961.[10]
This building was one of Dublin's six original rail termini, the others being Westland Row (now Pearse Station) Amiens Street (now Connolly Station), Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station), North Wall and Harcourt Street (now a bar and nightclub complex).
Localización
Situated at the crest of Constitution Hill directly opposite King's Inns, the station served as the finishing point of the Midland and Great Western Railway.
Reutilización de propuesta fallida para ferrocarril pesado
In April 2007 Iarnród Éireann announced that Broadstone Station was to be reopened for rail passenger use by 2010.[11] However, by this time, the Railway Procurement Agency had drawn up plans to use the alignment for a Luas extension. This gave rise to a dispute between CIE/Irish Rail and the RPA over the use of the trackbed between Broadstone and Liffey Junction.[12] On 5 February 2008 Noel Dempsey, the Minister for Transport, indicated his preference for the Luas project over the re-opening of Broadstone for heavy rail, asking CIÉ to seek permanent planning permission to build and use Docklands Station for the purposes CIÉ intended for Broadstone Station.
Luas
| Broadstone - DIT An Chloch Leathan - ITBhÁC | |||||||||||
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Broadstone - DIT Luas Stop | |||||||||||
| Location | Dublin Ireland | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transdev | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Luas | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| 9 December 2017 | Station opened | ||||||||||
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In June 2013, Luas Cross City - a construction project which extended the Luas Green Line North from St. Stephen's Green to Broombridge - commenced. The line, which opened to passengers on 9 December 2017, traverses the city centre on street-running track and arrives at Broadstone. It then enters into the Broadstone cutting where it continues on its own right of way.
Broadstone - DIT is a Luas stop on the line. Its name refers to the fact that it was intended to be the closest stop to Dublin Institute of Technology Grangegorman campus. However, the plans were changed at a late stage, adding Grangegorman stop, which is closer to the campus.[13] Construction of the stop involved excavating a large amount of earth from the land in front of the station, and building a road bridge over the tracks which busses can use to access the depot.[14]
The Luas stop has two lateral platforms and is in front of the station building. It was built several metres below the station in order to make it level with Constitution Hill; and a curved, white wall separates the southbound platform from the garden in front of the building. Trams approach the stop from Dominick Street Upper and continues by passing under the new bridge and turning sharply to the right, where they traverse the edge of the bus depot and enter the cutting.
Galería
1912 map showing Broadstone and pre-1937 layout at Glasnevin
The view of the old railway line from the North Circular Road showing Broadstone in the distance, before the LUAS development
Ver también
- Rail transport in Ireland
Referencias
Notes
- ^ a b c Shepherd 1994, p. 120–121.
- ^ "Bus Éireann conducting feasibility study for potential future move from Broadstone Depot". thejournal.ie. 22 September 2019.
- ^ Killeen 1981, p. 140.
- ^ Mooney 1985.
- ^ Craig, Maurice (2006) [1952]. Dublin 1660-1860. pp. 322–323. ISBN 1-905483-11-2.
- ^ Pearson 2001.
- ^ Hemans 1849, pp. 9–20.
- ^ Spellissy, Sean (1999). The History of Galway. Celtic Bookshop. p. 131. ISBN 0-9534683-3-X.
- ^ Nock, O.S. (1983). Irish Steam. David & Charles. pp. 154–155. ISBN 0715379615.
- ^ "Dublin Broadstone station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ "Broadstone station to reopen 70 years on". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 9 June 2007.
- ^ "Battle of Broadstone". Irish Independent. 11 January 2008.
- ^ https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Luas-Line-BXD-CityBroombridge-Outline-Business-Case.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY2WxE2Rblw[bare URL]
Sources
- Hemans, George W. (1849). "On the fall of a station terminus roof". Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. 3: 13–20. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- Killeen, Michael (1981). "Broadstone: Railway Station to Bus Garage". Dublin Historical Record. Old Dublin Society. 34 (4). JSTOR 30104257.
- Mooney, Peter (1985). "Hidden River". RTÉ. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- Pearson, Peter (25 March 2001). "Architect of Victorian solidity". The Sunday Business Post. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- Shepherd, W. Ernest (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-008-7.
enlaces externos
- Disagreement between Irish Rail and RPA over access to Broadstone
- Industrial Heritage Ireland - Broadstone Station
- LUAS Cross City Project Website
