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Heuston Station, in west
Dublin City, is Irish Rail's gateway to the south & west of Ireland.
Originally named Kingsbridge Station, after the adjacent 1822 built
bridge across the River Liffey, it was renamed Heuston in 1966, afrer a
1916 leader Sean Heuston. Up to the 1970s, Heuston had only three
platforms, today, it has ten, the tenth platform(out of use) been
located on the Islandbridge Jnc to
Glasnevin Jnc line, which was used
during the reconstruction of the station from 2002 to 2004. Heuston
Station building is one of the finest in Dublin City, built by the Great
Southern & Western Railway in 1844, with the construction of their line
to Carlow in 1846. In 1935, the then Great Southern Railway resignalled
Heuston Station with colour light signals and electronic signalling,
this however was replaced during the rebuilding, which also involved the
demolition of the GSR built signal cabin just west of the station. The
rebuilding also brought about a refurbishment of the train shed and
booking hall, and the results today are very pleasing giving a pleasant
atmosphere than the dark & dank look before.
Just like
Connolly Station, I have plenty of
pictures of Heuston Station, some of which are my earliest images
showing the station before and after rebuilding, and therefore pictures
shown are more or less in date order. |
.JPG "View of Heuston Station from platform 5, showing the refurbished platforms and train shed.")
.JPG "Platform 3 at Heuston Station, with Mk3 coaches, both standard and pushpull sets.")
.JPG "View along the platforms at Heuston Station, showing the more brighter interior of the 1840s Great Southern & Western terminus.")
.JPG "Heuston Station concourse, very much refurbished and brightened up with shops and cafes.")
.JPG "Mk3 pushpull driving van trailer No.6102 at platform 3, Heuston Station.")
.JPG "Mk4 driving van trailer No.4001 at Heuston Station, these Spanish built CAF coaches now work all hourly Dublin-Cork trains.")
.JPG "Another view of Mk4 DVT 4001 at platform 5, Heuston Station.")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive No.079 heads out of Heuston Station after shunting a Mk3 set.")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive No.229 in Intercity livery prepares to depart Heuston Station with a service to Cork.")
.JPG "DVT 4001 is seen again forming this evening service back to Cork.")
.JPG "New on the scene at Heuston Station is 22000 Class railcar No.22014, seen standing at the west end of the station.")
.JPG "224, 079 and 22014 bring variety to the GSWR terminus in Dublin.")
.JPG "079 stands at Heuston Station prior to forming an evening service to Ballina.")
.JPG "Mk3 set coupled to 079 at Heuston Station.")
.JPG "079 doesn't look too long out of the paintshop as it displays the new railfreight livery for the 071 Class locomotives.")
.JPG "View of the Mk3 pushpull set at Heuston Station.")
.JPG "079 now prepares to depart from platform 2 at Heuston Station with an evening service to Ballina.")
.jpg "1978 view of the previous location with 001 Class loco 026 arriving light engine at the station, while coincidently 079 is seen again about to depart.(C)Stephen Parker")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive No.202 stands at Heuston Station having brought in a train.")
.JPG "View of 202 at platform 2 from the buffer stops at Heuston Station.")
.JPG "Another view of 202, the locomotive displays the original IE livery but with yellow ends.")
.JPG "202's Irish nameplate 'Abhainn na Laoi'.")
.JPG "202's English namplate 'River Lee'.")
.jpg "E Class locomotive No.E425 is seen shunting a train at Heuston Station in 1978, to the left are the goods sidings, with many 4 wheelers in view, all long gone.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "201 Class locomotive No.206 in 'Enterprise' livery is seen light engine at Heuston Station in 2001, to the left are the executive Mk3 coaches, once painted red as seen here.(C)Wilson Adams")
.jpg "1984 view with 121 Class locomotives Nos.121+130 arriving with a service from Westport, at this time the station train shed was in a poor state of repair.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "141 Class locomotive No.147 is seen acting as station pilot (shunter) at Heuston Station in 1993, in this view can be seen the trainshed again in its dark unrefurbished state, quite a contrast to todays state.(C)Roger G. Morris")
.jpg "Anoter view of 142 shunting Mk3 coaches this time at Heuston Station in 1993, with in the foreground a 1930s GSR colour light signal.(C)Dave Rowland's Transport Gallery")
.jpg "001 Class locomotive No.048 approaches Heuston Station light engine in 1993, to the right can be seen preserved coaches, including a GNR cream & navy type, today that site is occupied by the much expanded car park.(C)Roger G. Morris")
.jpg "001 Class locomotive No.029 heads out of Heuston Station in 1984 with a train of Mk2 stock painted in CIE's Supertrain livery.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "121 Class locos 121+130 arriving at Heuston Station with a service from Westport in 1984.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "121 Class locos 127+129 back onto a train at Heuston Station in 1984, in the distance can be seen the Guinness yard complete with crane, later used by permanent way department.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "130+129 are seen light engine at Dublin Heuston in 1984.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "129+130 head out of Heuston Station with a train to Westport in 1984, to the right the siding marks the location of the original GSWR signal cabin at Heuston, then Kingsbridge, replaced in the 1930s by the GSR.(C)Stephen Parker")
.jpg "Another view of 129+130 departing Heuston Station in 1984.(C)Stephen Parker")