Drogheda railway station

Drogheda MacBride
Droichead Átha Mac Giolla Bhríde
Location
Place	Drogheda
Local authority	Louth County Council
Coordinates	53°42′43″N 6°19′59″W / 53.7119°N 6.333°W / 53.7119; -6.333Coordinates: 53°42′43″N 6°19′59″W / 53.7119°N 6.333°W / 53.7119; -6.333
Operations
Station code	120
Platforms in use	2
History
1844	Station opened
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Drogheda MacBride railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Droichead Átha Mac Giolla Bhríde) serves Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. There is a railcar servicing depot for commuter trains here.

The original Drogheda station opened on 25 May 1844 about a quarter mile southeast. The passenger station was resited when the first temporary Boyne Viaduct opened in 11th May 1853. The former GNR(I) branch to Oldcastle (opened to Navan in 1850; throughout 1863) diverges from the Dublin-Belfast mainline immediately south of the station. This serves Drogheda Cement Works and Tara Mines near Navan. The present station is located on a sharp curve on the south approach to the Boyne Viaduct. Formerly there were three lines through the station between the 'up' and 'down' platforms, but when the station was refurbished in 1997, up platform line was removed and the platform widened. ^[1] It was given the name MacBride on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of John MacBride, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Dublin Connolly		Enterprise Dublin-Belfast		Dundalk Clarke
Laytown		Commuter Northern Commuter
	Disused railways
Terminus		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Drogheda-Oldcastle		Duleek
Laytown		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Dublin-Dundalk		Dunleer

References

1. ^ "Drogheda station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-05. 

External links

• Eiretrains - Drogheda Station