Tara Street railway station
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Tara Street is the 3rd busiest railway station in Ireland
, with over 25,000 passengers using it daily. The station is arguably the closest station to the Dublin city centre and certainly is the closest to O'Connell Bridge
.
This station is built on the 'Loop Line' which was constructed towards the end of the 19th century by the City of Dublin Junction Railway. This line made the connection between the Dublin & Kingstown terminus at Westland Row (now Pearse Station) and Amiens St (now Connolly Station) Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and linked into the Midland Great Western freight line thus joining up all the main railways in Dublin. The station was opened on 1 May 1891.
The station has two through platforms elevated above street level with ticket areas, retail outlets, etc. at street level. The platform retaining walls, the stairwells and canopies were originally timber planking but upgraded to include escalators and fibreglass panels in the 1970s and 1980s. More recent additions have seen new stairwells installed and platforms lengthened to reflect the increasing throughput of passengers. There are proposals to build in the airspace above the station and adjacent property has been acquired for this purpose.
It deals with mainly Dublin Area Rapid Transit
trains, although longer distance trains for Arklow
and Rosslare Europort
also stop at the station as do commuter services to Maynooth and the western suburbs, and Balbriggan, Drogheda and Dundalk on the former GNR(I) mainline as these towns develop as dormitory suburbs for the City.
Ireland
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, with over 25,000 passengers using it daily. The station is arguably the closest station to the Dublin city centre and certainly is the closest to O'Connell Bridge
O'Connell Bridge
O'Connell Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, and joining O'Connell Street to D'Olier Street, Westmoreland Street and the south quays.-History:...
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This station is built on the 'Loop Line' which was constructed towards the end of the 19th century by the City of Dublin Junction Railway. This line made the connection between the Dublin & Kingstown terminus at Westland Row (now Pearse Station) and Amiens St (now Connolly Station) Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and linked into the Midland Great Western freight line thus joining up all the main railways in Dublin. The station was opened on 1 May 1891.
The station has two through platforms elevated above street level with ticket areas, retail outlets, etc. at street level. The platform retaining walls, the stairwells and canopies were originally timber planking but upgraded to include escalators and fibreglass panels in the 1970s and 1980s. More recent additions have seen new stairwells installed and platforms lengthened to reflect the increasing throughput of passengers. There are proposals to build in the airspace above the station and adjacent property has been acquired for this purpose.
It deals with mainly Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
The Dublin Area Rapid Transit is part of the suburban railway network 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.Trains are powered via a 1500V DC overhead catenary...
trains, although longer distance trains for Arklow
Arklow
Arklow , also known as Inbhear Dé from the Avonmore river's older name Abhainn Dé, is a historic town located in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. Founded by the Vikings in the ninth century, Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion...
and Rosslare Europort
Rosslare Europort
Rosslare Europort is a modern seaport located at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland, near the southeastern-most point of Ireland's coastline, handling passenger and freight ferries to and from Wales and France....
also stop at the station as do commuter services to Maynooth and the western suburbs, and Balbriggan, Drogheda and Dundalk on the former GNR(I) mainline as these towns develop as dormitory suburbs for the City.