| Blackrock An Charraig Dhubh  | |
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| General information | |
| 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; -6.17891 |
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Bus routes | 5 |
| Bus stands | 1 |
| Bus operators | |
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| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Platform levels | 1 |
| Parking | Yes |
| Bicycle facilities | Yes |
| Accessible | Yes |
| 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 |
| 1857 | Line regauged from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) in to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) |
| 1983 | Station upgraded |
| 23 July 1984 | DART services commence |
| 2005 | Station refurbished |
Blackrock railway station (Irish: Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened to the public 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.
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History
The station opened on 17 December 1834. as one of the three original stations on the D&KR, the others being Westland Row (now Pearse) and Dún Laoghaire though the latter was subsequently rebuilt to the south of the original site a few years later. On 27 January 1858, an accident happened in the vicinity of the station.
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.
| Preceding station |  Iarnród Éireann
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Following station | ||
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| 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 |
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| Commuter South Eastern Commuter |
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| Booterstown | DART |
Seapoint | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Williamstown Line open, station closed |
Dublin and Kingstown Railway | Salthill Line and station open | ||
Road transport services
Directly outside the station are bus stops served by Dublin Bus route 46E, 2 Go-Ahead Ireland routes 114 and S6 along with some private operators.
There is a taxi rank outside the station and a large car park adjacent to the station.
Gallery
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(1834) Looking north across Merrion Strand in Dublin Bay from Blackrock railway station
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Accident as of 27 January 1858
See also
References
- Winchester, C. (2014). Christopher, John (ed.). Railways of Ireland - 180th Anniversary 1834 – 2014. Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781445640396.
- "Central Park Bus Timetable". Central Park. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.