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The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), which opened in 1834, was Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
’s first railway. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour’s
Dún Laoghaire

D?n Laoghaire is a suburban seaside town and county town of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland.The town is situated some 12 kilometres south of Dublin city centre, and is a major port of entry from Great Britain....
 West Pier in County Dublin
County Dublin

County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....
.

History
Before construction even commenced, a survey of the existing road traffic through Blackrock was performed every day for 6-months in 1831 in order to determine potential passenger numbers. The average daily traffic was found to be 160 private carriages, 620 private jaunting cars and 820 public cars.

Building of the 10 km (6 mi) line was delayed by opposition from two different landowners who insisted on large cash compensations and in the case of Lord Cloncurry
Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry

Valentine Brown Lawless , the second Baron Cloncurry, was an Irish politician and landowner. He lived in Lyons, under Lyons Hill Ardclough County Kildare....
 the building of a private foot bridge over the line to a bathing area complete with a Romanesque temple, a short tunnel and a cutting to maintain his privacy.






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The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), which opened in 1834, was Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
’s first railway. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour’s
Dún Laoghaire

D?n Laoghaire is a suburban seaside town and county town of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland.The town is situated some 12 kilometres south of Dublin city centre, and is a major port of entry from Great Britain....
 West Pier in County Dublin
County Dublin

County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....
.

History


Before construction even commenced, a survey of the existing road traffic through Blackrock was performed every day for 6-months in 1831 in order to determine potential passenger numbers. The average daily traffic was found to be 160 private carriages, 620 private jaunting cars and 820 public cars.

Building of the 10 km (6 mi) line was delayed by opposition from two different landowners who insisted on large cash compensations and in the case of Lord Cloncurry
Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry

Valentine Brown Lawless , the second Baron Cloncurry, was an Irish politician and landowner. He lived in Lyons, under Lyons Hill Ardclough County Kildare....
 the building of a private foot bridge over the line to a bathing area complete with a Romanesque temple, a short tunnel and a cutting to maintain his privacy. Part of the line ran on an embankment built across the strand between Merrion
Merrion Gates

The area called Merrion Gates, in Dublin, is roughly where the northbound Dublin Dublin Area Rapid Transit line goes inland before Sydney Parade railway station at Sydney Parade Avenue, which lies to the north....
 and Blackrock which later led to the formation of Booterstown marsh
Booterstown marsh

Booterstown Marsh Nature Reserve is located in Booterstown, County Dublin between the coastal railway line and the Rock Road. It is a salt marsh with brackish water, covering an area of approximately 4.3 ha....
. The first train ran on 9 October 1834, consisting of eight carriages hauled by Hibernia
Hibernia (locomotive)

Hibernia was a steam locomotive designed by Richard Roberts and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway ....
.

The line was extended to Dún Laoghaire station’s current location using the then existing Dalkey Quarry
Dalkey Quarry

Dalkey Quarry is a disused granite quarry located in the Dublin suburb of Dalkey. It was used for quarrying during the 19th century, and is now part of Killiney Hill Park, a public park....
 industrial tramway cutting which ran to the West Pier. However, this took a further three years, again due to opposition from local property owners, this time led by Thomas Gresham
Gresham Hotel

The Gresham Hotel is a hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Located on what is now O'Connell Street, the hotel is a Dublin institution and is known throughout the world....
. The station building was converted in 1971 to a restaurant, Brasserie Na Mara.

The D&KR later included the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway
Dalkey Atmospheric Railway

The Dalkey Atmospheric Railway was an extension of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to Atmospheric Road in Dalkey. It used part of the Dalkey Quarry industrial tramway, which was earlier used for the construction of D?n Laoghaire#Features....
 branch.

In 1854 the lines were leased to the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company
Dublin and South Eastern Railway

The Dublin and South Eastern Railway was originally incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1846 as the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company....
 who changed the original standard gauge
Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used rail gauge. Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge . The distance between the inside edges of the rails of standard gauge track is ....
 to the wider Irish gauge
History of rail transport in Ireland

The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than in History of rail transport in Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 5,500 route kilometers....
.

The line is now part of the DART
Dublin Area Rapid Transit

The Dublin Area Rapid Transit is part of the Dublin Suburban Rail in Ireland, running mainly along the coastline of Dublin Bay on the Trans-Dublin route, from Greystones in County Wicklow, through Dublin to Howth and Malahide in County Dublin....
 route.

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See also

  • History of rail transport in Ireland
    History of rail transport in Ireland

    The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than in History of rail transport in Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 5,500 route kilometers....


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