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Dunboyne Station, in the
commuting town west of Dublin on the former
Clonsilla to
Navan line, was opened by the Dublin &
Meath Railway in 1862. The Midland Great Western Railway took over the
D&MR and latter doubled the Navan line through Dunboyne as far as
Drumree further north. Passenger
services on the Navan line ceased in 1947, but the line remained open
for occasional goods traffic until 1963. Dunboyne Station had a typical
MGWR single storey station building on the down side, similar to others
on the line to
Mullingar, and retained its loop as a
siding until complete closure.
With the scheduled reopening
of the line from Clonsilla in 2012, the
new station at Dunboyne has been built on the same site of the original,
with up & down platforms, although the modern station building is now on
the up side. Adjacent to the 1862 built road ovebridge is the restored
MGWR water tower, complete with tank and water gauge. The line from
Pace (north of Dunboyne town) to Navan
is expected to be opened by 2015. See
Irish Rail for more info on the
revival of this former railway line. |
.JPG "This is Dunboyne Station in December 2004, looking north...")
.JPG "Dunboyne Station, looking north towards Navan from the...")
.JPG "Coming up to date, the new station at Dunboyne is taking...")
.JPG "This was the northern end of Dunboyne Station in 2009,...")
.JPG "The same location, now showing the new Dunboyne Station...")
.jpg "Back to Dunboyne Station was it was in 2004. The...")
.JPG "The original 1862 station building at Dunboyne is now...")
.JPG "This is the old boiler room, located at the end of the...")
.JPG "The original pedestrian entrance onto the down platform...")
.JPG "The station building at Dunboyne in 2004, as viewed from...")
.JPG "Dunboyne is seen here shortly after work began on the...")
.jpg "Thiis is the 1862 stone built road overbridge at the...")
.JPG "This is the overbridge shortly after the vegetation was...")
.JPG "Another view of the overbridge which carries the R156...")
.JPG "The stone parapets on the road overbridge at Dunboyne...")
.JPG "After all the years of disuse, a small section of the...")
.JPG "Dunboyne Station as it was in February 2009, looking...")
.JPG "The platform ramp off the down platform is visible in the...")
.JPG "A view of the boilr room and the road overbridge prior to...")
.JPG "Closer shot of the old boiler room, or whatever function...")
.JPG "A general view of the 1862 built station buildings at...")
.JPG "Side on view of the old Dunboyne Station, showing the...")
.JPG "This was the north end of Dunboyne Station, looking...")
.JPG "The new up & down platforms of Dunboyne Station are more...")
.JPG "On the down platform at Dunboyne Station, looking south...")
.JPG "This single storey station building at Dunboyne is unlike...")
.JPG "The new lift shafts are located half way down the...")
.JPG "This is the lift shaft on the up (Dublin bound) platform...")
.JPG "This is the lift shaft on the up platform at Dunboyne...")
.JPG "A survivor from the railway days where the lift shaft is...")
.JPG "As mentioned, the platforms at the rebuilt station stop...")
.JPG "This is the northern end of Dunboyne Station, looking...")
.JPG "A view looking south towards Clonsilla from the road...")
.JPG "Coming up to date, the trackbed has been fenced off from...")
.JPG "This was the water tower and overbridge in 2004, looking...")
.JPG "A more clearer view of the road overbridge, water tower,...")
.JPG "The water tower at Dunboyne had been more or less...")
.JPG "The water tower in 2009, complete with its tank and...")
.JPG "Some details on the MGWR water tower at Dunboyne Station,...")
.JPG "The water gauge attached to the tank indicates that it is...")
.JPG "A view looking towards Clonsilla south of Dunboyne...")
.JPG "Looking the opposite way back towards the station, the...")
.JPG "| A mystery structure located beside the trackbed on the...")
.JPG "This is a culvet bridge located on the southern...")
.JPG "North of Dunboyne the railway crosses another tributary...")
.JPG "This small culvert bridge north of Dunboyne Station has...")
.JPG "This is actually the River Tolka itself, which the line...")
.JPG "The trackbed of the former line from Clonsilla to Navan,...")
.JPG "Looking the opposite way south back towards Dunboyne...")
.JPG "Some of the recovered sleepers from the track lifting in...")