- Park West and Cherry Orchard railway station
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Park West and Cherry Orchard Location Place Ballyfermot Local authority Dublin City Council Coordinates 53°20′06″N 6°21′54″W / 53.335°N 6.365°WCoordinates: 53°20′06″N 6°21′54″W / 53.335°N 6.365°W Operations Platforms in use 4 History 28 July 2008 Station opened Iarnród Éireann - Ireland railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Park West and Cherry Orchard railway station is an Iarnród Éireann railway station in Ballyfermot, Dublin, serving the Parkwest and the Cherry Orchard area.
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Description
The station opened on 28 July 2008, replacing the former Cherry Orchard and Parkwest Station located nearby. It is located in on the Dublin - Cork main line (the pre-Grouping Great Southern & Western Railway) and is served by South Western Commuter services.
Former Cherry Orchard station
The former station, Cherry Orchard and Parkwest - originally simply called Cherry Orchard - opened on 16 May 1994.[1] It was closed on 27 July 2008 as part of the Kildare Route Project, a major upgrade of the Dublin-Cork main line as far as Hazelhatch. It was known to mass vandalism and one of the reasons they shut it down. 20 metres up the line there is a gap in the fence and many people walk across the track as Irish Rail did not build a bridge in the area where that old station was.[2]
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station Dublin Heuston Commuter
South Western CommuterClondalkin/Fonthill From 2015 Inchicore DART
Line 2Clondalkin/Fonthill References
- ^ "Cherry Orchard station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ [1]
External links
Categories:- Iarnród Éireann stations in County Dublin
- Railway stations opened in 2008
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