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Balbriggan, north Co.Dublin, is located on the main Dublin to Belfast
line. The Dublin & Drogheda railway opened the station at Balbriggan
with its line to
Drogheda in
1844. The station has up & down platforms, with the original brick built
D&DR station building on the down side. Opposite this is the typical
Great Northern style station masters house, built sometime after the
1870s. A new modern style IE footbridge was built at the north end of
the station recently. The signal cabin, a typical GNR design, was
located north of the station on the up side beyond the former goods
yard, the cabin was taken out of use in 1994, and was unfortunately
demolished in 1998. The small goods shed remains in situ.
The station also once boasted two small water towers on the down
platform, but these have long since been demolished.
At the south end of the station the line crosses the small harbour on a
stone viaduct. The station is exclusively served by Drogheda commuter
trains. See Railscene
Ireland for
some older pictures of the Balbriggan Station. |
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29417 stands at Balbriggan Station...")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive No.084 heads through Balbriggan...")
.JPG "With the spire belonging to St George's Church of Ireland...")
.JPG "At the north end of Balbriggan Station De Dietrich DVT...")
.jpg "Passing the same location is another 'Enterprise', this...")
.JPG "Taking the curve through Balbriggan Station is 201 Class...")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29120 is seen approaching Balbriggan...")
.JPG "Another view of No.29120, arriving at Balbriggan Station...")
.JPG "An older generation of diesel railcars approaches...")
.JPG "Another view of No.2615, arriving at Balbriggan Station...")
.JPG "This is i nfact a 2600 & 2800 Class railcar combination...")
.JPG "The sun shines on 29422 as it arrives at Balbriggan...")
.JPG "With the sea not so far away, another 29000 Class railcar...")
.JPG "Balbriggan, looking north towards Drogheda from the old...")
.jpg "A similar view but some years before the platforms were...")
.JPG "A view from the older footbridge at Balbriggan Station...")
.jpg "A similar view but taken in 1984 in the days of semaphore...")
.JPG "The 1840s Dublin & Drogheda brick station building at...")
.jpg "This is the front of Balbriggan Station, showing the...")
.JPG "Opposite the station building is the typical Great...")
.jpg "Viewed from the footbridge, the rather colourful garden...")
.JPG "Balbriggan Station, as viewed looking north towards...")
.JPG "View looking north towards Drogheda from the end of the...")
.JPG "View looking south towards Dublin from the end of the...")
.JPG "At the north end of Balbriggan Station is a little used...")
.JPG "CTC signal ND344 at the south end of Balbriggan Station,...")
.JPG "One of Irish Rail's old T-board signs, once located on...")
.JPG "Modern IE nameboard at Balbriggan Station, the town was...")
.JPG "The small white lighthouse at the harbour at Balbriggan,...")
.JPG "071 Class loco 084 gingerly crosses the viaduct as it...")
.JPG "084 passing through Balbriggan with the 1960s/1970s...")
.JPG "201 Class loco 230 in original 'Enteprise' livery crosses...")
.JPG "The down signal at Balbriggan shows green with no...")
.JPG "... 071 Class loco 080 takes the curve through Balbriggan...")
.JPG "Another shot of 080 passing through Balbriggan Station...")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29427 stands at Balbriggan Station on...")
.JPG "29103 crosses the viaduct at the south end of Balbriggan...")
.jpg "A 1971 view from the steps of the station building at...")
.JPG "Former cast iron lamp on the stone pilars at the entrance...")
.JPG "This is the small stone built store adjacent to the...")
.JPG "The neat brick station building at Balbriggan, as viewed...")
.JPG "Heading a train of 'bubble' cement wagons through...")
.JPG "Another view of 071 Class 076 heading through Balbriggan...")
.JPG "Approaching Balbriggan Station from the north is one of...")
.JPG "Seen just south of Balbriggan Station at the 'County...")
.JPG "The approaching the same bridge but from the south this...")
.jpg "With the County Bridge visible in the distance, ex Great...")
.jpg "Back to Balbriggan Station and in true Great Northern...")
.jpg "By 1989, the siding serving the goods yard had...")
.jpg "Heading in the opposite direction, VS Class 4-4-0 No.206...")
.jpg "Things look a bit different in 1998, some 50 years later,...")
.jpg "Back when the signal cabin was still in use in 1990 and...")
.jpg "No.85 'Merlin' departs Balbriggan with a rake of ex CIE...")
.jpg "Another view of No.85 'Merlin', seen heading north away...")
.jpg "The cattle pens are seen more clearly in this view...")
.jpg "A shot of the boarded up Balbriggan signal cabin, shortly...")
.jpg "In happier times, V Class compound No.85 'Merlin' has an...")
.jpg "Another 1948 scene at the north end of Balbriggan Station...")
.jpg "By the late 1980s the D&DR waiting shelters had been...")
.jpg "A November 1948 view of Balbriggan Station, looking north...")
.jpg "Originally the decking for the footpaths attached to the...")
.jpg "A similar view but in 1984 when the decking for the...")
.jpg "Another view of the viaduct while inder reconstructed in...")
.jpg "Another view of the viaduct across the harbour at...")
.jpg "This is the down side of the viaduct following its...")
.jpg "A side on view of the arches on Balbriggan viaduct after...")
.jpg "A 1950s view of the goods siding from the station...")
.jpg "By 1980 the siding had been lifted, although the goods...")
.jpg "By 1998 the yard had been turned into a carpark proper...")
.jpg "Back to the present and De Detrich 'Enterprise' DVT...")
.jpg "This is the old goods crane that was to be found in...")
.jpg "This 1947 shot shows the goods siding trailing onto the...")
.jpg "This is 1984 view of the original Dublin & Drogheda...")
.jpg "Another view of the D&DR waiting shelter on the up...")
.jpg "During 1984 the shelters were demolished along with the...")
.jpg "An aerial view of Balbriggan Station taken in 1950. The..."){kind=small}
.jpg "Another aerial view taken in 1950, showing the harbour...")