Dublin Broadstone

Location type


Name and dates

Dublin Broadstone (1847-1937)

Opened on the Midland Great Western Railway.




Dates

  /  /1845Midland Great Western Railway
Incorporated. Act for line from Dublin Broadstone to Mullingar and Athlone [MGWR], and purchase the Royal Canal and its hotels.
28/06/1847Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin Broadstone to Enfield [Ireland] opened. Engineer G W Hemans. Contractor William Jeffs.
  /  /1849Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin Broadstone to Enfield [Ireland] and Hill of Down to Killucan doubled.
  /  /1859North Wall Extension (Midland Great Western Railway)
Liffey Branch. With Dublin Broadstone being remote from the harbour, and the company increasingly desiring access to harbour, powers in the Act of 1846 were renewed for a branch to Dublin's North Wall.
29/08/1862Dublin and Meath Railway
Opened from Clonsilla (Midland Great Western Railway) to a temporary Navan [DMR] terminus. After earlier consideration of an independent Dublin station, access was granted to Dublin Broadstone. Contractor Moore Brothers.
01/10/1929Midland Great Western Railway
Meath and Cavan trains diverted from Dublin Broadstone to Dublin Amiens Street.
18/01/1937Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin Broadstone closed to passengers.