North Strand Junction

Location type

Junction


Name and dates

North Strand Junction

Opened on the Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway.



Dates

  /  /1894Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway
Act for a line between Drumcondra Junction and Church Road Junction, and a curve from North Strand Junction to Dublin Amiens Street. This line follows an easier gradient than the parallel North Wall Extension (Midland Great Western Railway).
  /  /1903Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway
North Strand Junction to Dublin Amiens Street built but not opened due to argument.
  /  /1906Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway
North Strand Junction to Dublin Amiens Street (Suburban Junction) opened (avoided the busy Newcomen Bridge Junction).
01/10/1907Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway
Local passenger service via North Strand Junction to Dublin Amiens Street ceases following tram competition.
22/11/1936Midland Great Western Railway Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway
New link installed at Glasnevin reversing the previous connection. This allows access to North Strand Junction from the Liffey Junction direction.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways (Library of Railway History)
Rails to Portpatrick (Local History Series)
The Port Road: Dumfries to Stranraer, Portpatrick, Kirkcudbright and Whithorn