Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway)
Introduction
This was an atmospheric railway, an extension of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, with a different means of propulsion. This branch was entirely owned by the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. It is also known as the Kingstown and Dalkey Railway, Dalkey Railway and, combined with the existing line, the Dublin, Kingstown and Dalkey Railway.
The former route is now occupied by a conventional railway, with some realignment.
Dates
| /09/1842 | Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway) Company to extend south from Kingstown Harbour to Dalkey [1st] using the course of one of the tracks of the granite tramway, Dalkey Quarry Tramway. No Act was required. |
| 29/03/1844 | Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway) 2 mile long extension opened from Kingstown Harbour to Dalkey [1st]. This used Samuda and Clegg's Atmospheric Railway system (later used by Brunel for the South Devon Railway). |
| / /1848 | Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway) With the atmospheric line having operational difficulties the Dublin and Kingstown Railway places the locomotive 'Princess' on the line between 1848 and 1849. |
| 12/04/1854 | Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway) The atmospheric railway between Kingstown Harbour and Dalkey [1st] is closed for conversion of gauge and to conventional operation. Dalkey [1st] closed. |
| / /1855 | Dublin and Wicklow Railway Former Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway), Kingstown Harbour to Dalkey, re-opens as conventional railway. Line extended into Dalkey [2nd] . Kingstown Sandycove opened. |
