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

Balbriggan Baile Brigín
General information
Location	Railway Street, Balbriggan, County Dublin, K32 YK59 Ireland
Coordinates	53.612°N 6.182°W / 53.612; -6.182
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	BBRGN
Fare zone	Suburban 5
History
Opened	1844
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

v t e Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry ( one early-am weekday trip ) United Kingdom Ireland border Dundalk Clarke to Navan (freight only) Drogheda MacBride Laytown Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Dublin-Rosslare line to Bray and Rosslare Europort

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^[when?] 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

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.^{[page needed]}
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.^{[page needed]}
• 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.^{[page needed]}

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Balbriggan railway station.

• Irish Rail Balbriggan Station Website
• Eiretrains - Balbriggan Station

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[ru] Балбригган (станция)