Blackrock

An Charraig Dhubh
Iarnród Éireann
General information
LocationBath Place, Blackrock, County Dublin, A94 E4P9
Ireland
Coordinates53°18′11″N 6°10′44″W / 53.30297°N 6.17891°W / 53.30297; -6.17891
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Bus routes
  • S6
  • 114
  • 46E
Bus operators
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeBROCK
Fare zoneSuburban 1
History
Electrified1984
Original companyDublin and Kingstown Railway
Pre-groupingDublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-groupingGreat Southern Railways
Key dates
17 December 1834Station opens
1983Station upgraded
2005Station refurbished

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 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, an 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.

See also

References

  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.
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Lansdowne Road   InterCity
Dublin-Rosslare
2tpd northbound-only
  Dún Laoghaire Mallin
Sydney Parade   Commuter
Northern Commuter
Peak times only
  Dún Laoghaire Mallin
  Commuter
Western Commuter
Peak times only
 
  Commuter
South Eastern Commuter
 
Booterstown   DART
  Seapoint
  Historical railways  
Williamstown
Line open, station closed
  Dublin and Kingstown Railway   Salthill
Line and station open
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