Liffey Junction

Liffey Junction is a former railway station and junction on the erstwhile Midland Great Western Railway in Dublin, Ireland.

The station opened in 1864 [ Midland Great Western Railway; Shepherd, Ernie; ISBN 1857800087; 1994 - p118 ] upon the opening of the Liffey Line from this point to the River Liffey at the North Wall, Dublin. The station closed to passenger traffic in 1937 upon the concurrent closure of the line from Broadstone to Liffey Junction, such traffic being rerouted to Pearse Station (then Westland Row). The station remained in use until 1977 for cattle traffic and afterwards was used as a wagon storage point.

Today, most of the features of this station have disappeared. Those that remain include the water tower between the trackbed of the mainline and the Liffey Line branch (now part of the Dublin - Sligo line) fronting onto the Royal Canal, the down side loading bank and traces of the up side island platform. There is also a water column.

There was a carriage shed located between the Liffey Line and the Royal Canal. This area remains distinguishable today as a triangular shaped area on the north eastern side of the Liffey Line bridge over the Royal Canal. The Midland Great Western Railway's creosoting plant was also located here.

Liffey Junction railway station finally closed on 18 January 1937. [cite web | title=Liffey Junction station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-10-28]

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