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Broombridge railway station

Coordinates: 53°22′22″N 6°17′58″W / 53.3727°N 6.2995°W / 53.3727; -6.2995
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Broombridge

Droichead Broome
Iarnród Éireann
Luas
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Improvement in progress in February 2018 with the LUAS to the right and the Royal Canal on the left
General information
LocationCabra
Ireland
Coordinates53°22′22″N 6°17′58″W / 53.3727°N 6.2995°W / 53.3727; -6.2995
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms
  • 2 (heavy rail)
  • 2 (LUAS from 2017)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeBBRDG
Fare zoneSuburban 1
Key dates
2 July 1990Station opens
9 December 2017Luas services commence
Services
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Drumcondra   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch) 		  Ashtown
Docklands   Commuter
Western Commuter
(Docklands Branch) 		 

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Cabra   Green Line   Terminus
  Future  
Glasnevin   Commuter
Western Commuter
(City Branch) 		  Ashtown
Docklands   Commuter
Western Commuter
(Docklands Branch) 		 
Glasnevin   DART
Line 1 		  Ashtown
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Broombridge is a railway station beside a LUAS Tram stop serving Cabra, Dublin 7, Ireland. It lies on the southern bank of the Royal Canal at the western end of what had been Liffey Junction station on the erstwhile Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR). It takes its name from Broome Bridge, which crosses the canal, a place best known as where William Rowan Hamilton discovered the mathematical notion of quaternions. A plaque on the adjacent canal bridge and the naming of the LUAS Maintenance depot on site, Hamilton Depot, commemorates this.[1]

Description

The railway station was opened on 2 July 1990,[2]. Both platforms were step-free accessible, the northern eastbound by a long ramp from the Cabra Road bridge and the southern platform at street level. A pedestrian over bridge with lifts and other station improvements were completed in 2018 to where facilitate transfers to the two LUAS terminus platforms which become operational in December 2017.[3] There are no train ticket purchasing facilities but Leap card validators are in place for train journeys. Despite being an interchange station there are no toilet facilities.[4]

Services

Broombridge is a station on the Western Commuter services. It is the last station approaching Dublin served by both branches of the Western Commuter line, before the line splits between trains heading to Connolly Station and those going to Docklands. As of December 2018 the core off-peak rail service is half-hourly between Dublin Connolly station and Maynooth railway station supplemented in the peaks by an additional half-hourly service from Docklands to M3 Parkway and some miscellaneous extensions to other services.[5]

LUAS

The Luas Broombridge interchange station is the northside Dublin terminus of the Luas Green Line extension and services began in December 2017.[3]. From Broombridge the tram route takes the old MGWR route to its Broadstone terminus site before continuing round through to Dublin City Centre. The Broombridge-Hamilton LUAS maintenance depot lies to the south of the line for the final part of the approach to the station.[1]

Bus Connections

Dublin Bus route 40E has Broodbridge station as its southern terminus. [6] 40E travels from Broodbridge through Finglas and terminates at Tyrrellstown in Blanchardstown. See timetable on www.dublinbus.ie

Dublin Bus route 120 operates from nearby Carnlough Road. Buses go to Ashtown, Cabra and O'Connell Street.

In December 2018 a new Dublin Bus route the 40E was added to serve the station giving the station an additional connection to Finglas and Tyrellstown.

Vandalism

The station is unmanned and had been subject to vandalism significant and sustained enough for Iarnród Éireann to be concerned and questions asked about it in the Dáil.[7][8] The lack of shelter for passengers or seating facilities was similarly questioned,[9]. In 2012, additional security measures were added along with seating and decoration in advance of the station's redesign as part of the Luas Cross City project. Leap card validators, previously not provided due to vandalism concerns, have been installed.

Nearby

Reilly's Bridge

In 1847 when the railway was opened the MGWR briefly established a station at Reilly's Bridge just over 0.5 km to the west but closed it before the end of the year.[10]: 13, 118 

  • Station southern forecourt in 2019
    Station southern forecourt in 2019
  • Broombridge-Hamilton depot entrance in 2018
    Broombridge-Hamilton depot entrance in 2018

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Irish father of algebra to be honoured with new Luas depot". thejournal.ie. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Broombridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Taoiseach launches new Luas Cross City service in Dublin". RTÉ. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Broombridge". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Dublin - M3 Parkway - Longford" (PDF). Irish Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Dublin Bus 40E". Dublin Bus. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ Growing fears at attacks on trains in west Dublin, The Irish Times, 7 Jul 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  8. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 593 - 25 November 2004, Written Answers. - Rail Services. Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 543 - 6 November 2001. Written Answers. - Transport Safety. Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Shepherd, Ernie (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland - An illustrated History. Midland Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-85780-008-7.
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