Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station

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Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station serves the area around Hazelhatch in South Dublin and the large town of Celbridge in neighbouring County Kildare, Ireland. Because of its distance from Celbridge town (2.4 km / 1½ miles south of the town centre), a feeder bus is provided to transport people to and from the station. The county boundary between Dublin and Kildare runs directly through the station.

History

The station opened on 4 August 1846 and closed for goods traffic on 9 June 1947.

The station received an upgrade in the late 2000s which added a new station building, car park, three new platforms and lifts. The original waiting rooms were retained.[1]

The station won an award, sponsored by London Underground, at the 2009 National Railway Heritage Awards in London, UK, for the successful adaptation of a heritage structure to include accessibility.[2]

Description

The station's small building

The station has four through platforms and one terminal platform like in Adamstown. Unlike Adamstown, the terminal platform is used. Platforms 1 and 5 are fast line platforms and are not served by regular scheduled trains and are passed through by express services. However, they do get used in exclusive circumstances, such as points failures. Platforms 2 and 4 are slow line platforms and are traditionally used by South Western Commuter and Galway (at peak times) and Waterford Plunkett InterCity services to and from Dublin Heuston in Dublin city centre. Platform 3 is a terminal platform which is served by terminating services from Grand Canal Dock via the Phoenix Park Tunnel.

Services

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Dublin Heuston   InterCity
Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line
Peak times only
  Sallins & Naas
  InterCity
Dublin–Waterford railway line
 
Adamstown   Commuter
South Western Commuter
  Sallins & Naas
or
Terminus

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station.

References

  1. ^ "Ireland gets new Hazelhatch train station - DesignCurial". www.designcurial.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Media". Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  • Irish Rail Hazelhatch and Celbridge Station Website
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1 Certain stations jointly operated with NI Railways under the Enterprise brand

2 Opening in autumn 2024.

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