Kilcock railway station

Kilcock Cill Choca
Train passing the site of the 1850-1963 station
Location	Bridge Street, Kilcock, County Kildare Ireland
Coordinates	53°23′57″N 6°40′08″W / 53.39917°N 6.66889°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	KCOCK
Fare zone	Suburban 5
Key dates
1847	Station opened
1963	Station closed
1998	Station reopens

Kilcock railway station serves the town of Kilcock in County Kildare, Ireland.

It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford Commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service. Passengers change at Maynooth to travel to stations on the Dublin to Maynooth and Dublin to M3 Parkway Commuter services.^[1]

History

Kilcock railway station in 2020.

The railway arrived in Kilcock on 28 June 1847, but the station closed on 1 July 1848,^[2] as it was sited on a 1% (1 in 100) gradient, which the locomotives of the day found difficult to start off from. This site was slightly east of the current Kilcock station. A replacement station opened in 1850 west of the town, where the old N4 crosses the Royal Canal and railway but closed in 1963. The current station, under Shaw Bridge, opened in 1998.^[3]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

Dublin-Sligo main line
Year closed Sligo Mac Diarmada Sligo Quay freight terminal 2000 Ballysodare 1963 Ballisodare River Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Rly to Enniskillen 1957 proposed Western Railway Corridor to Limerick 1963 Collooney Ballymote Kilfree Junction 1963 to Ballaghaderreen 1963 Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Drumsna 1963 River Shannon Cavan and Leitrim Railway Dromod Newtown Forbes 1963 Longford Edgeworthstown Street & Rathowen 1963 to Cavan 1959 Inny Junction 1931 Multyfarnham 1963 Clonhugh 1963 The Royal Canal to Athlone 1964 Mullingar Killucan 1963 Hill of Down 1963 River Boyne Moyvalley 1963 to Edenderry 1931 Enfield Ferns Lock 1963 Kilcock Maynooth Blakestown Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey Lucan North 1941 Barberstown Docklands branch to M3 Parkway Clonsilla Porterstown DM (future) Coolmine Coolmine Castleknock Blanchardstown 1937 Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Ashtown Pelletstown (future) Reilly's Bridge 1847 Broombridge Liffey Junction Passengers 1937 Goods 1977 Dublin Broadstone Passengers 1937 Goods 1961 Glasnevin 1910 The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Belfast–Dublin railway line Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Saggart and Tallaght Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Rosslare Europort = Western Commuter

Western Commuter
Dublin–Sligo Line Longford Edgeworthstown Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfield (serves Ongar) Docklands branch Clonsilla Porterstown DM (future) Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Pelletstown (under construction) Broombridge to Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone ( closed 1937 ) Glasnevin DM (future) The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght/Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

• Irish Rail Kilcock Station Website

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Maynooth		InterCity Dublin-Sligo		Enfield
		Commuter Western Commuter