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Donabate, north Co.Dublin,
between Dublin City and
Drogheda on the main Belfast line,
which opened in the mid 1840s, boasts an array of Dublin & Drogheda and
Great Northern Railway station buildings. The main building, a two
storey red bricked type, was built prior to GNR take over in the 1870s
and is therefore unlike others on the line. On the up side the station
retains its original GNR waiting room and signal cabin, which was taken
out of use in 1984. The footbridge appears to be of Great Southern &
Western origin however, placed later there by CIE. There was once also a
small goods yard on the down side of the line also, now a car park. |
.JPG "Donabate Station with a 29000 Class railcar arriving with a service from Drogheda.")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar No.29422 stands at Donabate Station with a Drogheda to Dublin Connolly train.")
.JPG "29122 heads out of Donabate Station with a southbound service to Dublin Connolly, in the distance can be seen the Malahide Estuary.")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive No.076 heads too fast for me! through Donabate Station probably heading on its way to Drogheda.")
.JPG "071 Class loco 080 passes through Donabate Station with the empty Alexandra Rd (Dublin) to Tara Mines (Navan) ore train.")
.JPG "080 passes through Donabate Station with the empty Alexandra Rd (Dublin) to Tara Mines (Navan) ore train.")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29111 heads out of Donabate Station with a service to Drogeda, as a southbound 'Enterprise' approaches.")
.JPG "Southbound Belfast-Dublin 'Enterprise' with DD DVT No.9001 at the head passes through Donabate.")
.JPG "082 passes through Donabate Station light engine probably returning from Drogheda.")
.JPG "View of Donabate Station, looking north towards Drogheda, showing the unusual brick station building and additional GSWR footbridge.")
.JPG "The footbridge at the GNR Donabate Station is of a GSWR design, probably re located here from a closed station.")
.JPG "Another view of the two storey brick station at Donabate, probably a Dublin & Drogheda construction.")
.JPG "The seperated single storey brick station building on the down platform at Donabate, which houses the booking office.")
.JPG "Another view of the station buildings at Donabate Station, this view is looking south towards Dublin, and shows the rebuilt road overbridge.")
.JPG "Unfortunately since my last visit the wooden GNR waiting room on the up platform at Donabate Station has been boarded up presumed from recent vandalism to the structure.")
.JPG "Another view of the boarded up GNR waiting room at Donabate Station, see earlier photo of this structure.")
.JPG "Also on the down platform is another GNR wooden building, possibly the former parcels office.")
.JPG "View of the brick station buildings at Donabate from the footbridge.")
.JPG "The disused but intact GNR signal cabin on the up platform at Donabate Station.")
.JPG "Side view of the GNR signal cabin at Donabate Station, this cabin remained in use until the early 1980s.")
.JPG "The cabin, complere with wooden nameboard, gable ends and lamps. The lever frame remains intact also.")
.JPG "Final view of the signal cabin at Donabate Station, the former goods yard was once located where the cars are parked.")
.JPG "The rebuilt road overbridge at the south end of Donabate Station. The platforms have been cut back, but the end remains of the down side can just be seen, along with an old lamp.")
.JPG "2800 Class railcar No.2817 approaches Donabate Station with a service to Drogheda.")
.JPG "2802 departs beneath the footbridge at Donabate Station on a Dublin-Drogheda service.")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29413 approaches Donabate Station from the north on an empty stock working to Dublin.")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive No.074 approacges Donabate Station with an empty Tara Mines ore train from Dublin.")
.JPG "074 is seen again this time with its loaded Tara Mines ore train from Navan approaching Donabate Station.")
.JPG "074 passing through Donabate Station, in the backround are numerous new residential areas, compare to the 2001 view of this location.")
.JPG "2600 Class railcar No.2607 arrives at Donabate Station with a Dublin-Drogheda service.")
.JPG "29000 Class railcar 29121 departs Donabate Station with a service to Dublin Connolly, while 071 Class loco 076 approaches.")
.JPG "Similiar to an earlier view of a Tara Mines train with 080, this time 076 in older orange IE livery passes through Donabate Station.")
.JPG "076 passing through Donabate Station.")
.JPG "Viewed from the north end of Donabate Station, 29402 arrives with a service to Drogheda.")
.JPG "29407 is seen on the rear of this Drogheda bound service, the line can be seen climbing in the distance.")
.JPG "DD 'Enterprise' DVT 9002 approaches Donabate at speed with a southbound Belfast-Dublin train.")
.JPG "201 Class loco 230 propels this southbound 'Enterprise' through Donabate Station.")
.JPG "On this occasion the bulk cement wagons were the 1960/70s constructed types, nicknamed 'bubbles' due to their shape.")
.JPG "201 Class loco 230 approaches Donabate Station at speed with the 13:20 'Enteprise' to Belfast.")
.JPG "071 Class loco 080 approaches Donabate following a signal check at the south end of the station.")
.JPG "2600 Class railcar approaches Donabate on a Dublin-Drogheda service.")
.JPG "2602 former the rear two car 2600 set on this Dublin-Drogheda train.")
.JPG "071 Class loco 076 passes through Donabate Station with its loaded ore train from Tara Mines to Alexandra Rd in Dublin Docks.")
.JPG "De Dietrich 'Enterprise' DVT 9001 passes through Donabate Station on a southbound service to Dublin.")