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Killester, in Dublin's
northern suburbs, is located on the main Dublin-Belfast line. The Dublin
& Drogheda Railway built a small halt at Killester with the opening of
the line to Drogheda in 1844/5, but lasted only two years, it was
located on the south side of Collins Rd Avenue bridge. In 1923, the new
present day station was opened by the GNR north of the original 1840s
one. Built to a typical GNR design, it had wooden platforms, concrete
waiting shelters, with a small station building located at road level
beside the adjacent road overbridge. Wooden steps led down from this to
the platforms, which was later replaced by a ramp in the 1970s, along
with the replacement of the wooden platforms with concrete built ones.
In 1983, the original GNR station building was replaced with a standard
DART design and the platforms lengthened as part of the introduction of
electrified services to Bray/Howth. These platforms were recently
lengthened even further at the south end and larger rather ugly concrete
ramps were constructed on either side of the platforms as part of the
DASH project. This has taken the station's somewhat rural look away and
giving it a rather plain urban appearance.
The GNR Killester signal
cabin, located on the south side of the Collins Rd Avenue bridge was
taken out of use in 1960 by CIE with the resignalling of the line
between
Connolly and
Howth Jnc, and was demolished shortly
after. Parts of the original wooden supports for the platforms can still
be seen beneath the platforms at the north end of Killester Station.
Killester is my local station and therefore I have plenty of pictures of
it, showing it before and after the DASH upgrading. |
_2.JPG "One of the original LHB 8100 Class DART units, No.8334, departs Killester on a northbound train to Malahide.")
.JPG "071 Class No.075 approaches Killester Station on an afternoon Tara Mines to Alexandra Road ore train.")
.JPG "075 passes south through Killester Station with a loaded train from Tara Mines to Alexandra Road (North Wall).")
.JPG "201 Class locomotive No.206 propels a southbound 'Enterprise' through Killester Station.")
.JPG "2600 Class railcar No.2611 passes through Killester on a Dublin to Drogheda train.")
.JPG "8200 Class DART unit on a northbound service to Killester.")
.JPG "8100 Class DART unit 8338 approaches Killester Station with a southbound service.")
.JPG "2800 Class railcar No.2804 passes through Killester Station with a service from Drogheda.")
.JPG "2800 Class railcar No.2805 heads north through Killester with a service from Dublin to Drogheda.")
.JPG "2818 heads through Killester with a service from Dublin to Drogheda.")
.JPG "8500 Class DART No.8622 approaches Killester Station with a southbound service to Bray.")
.JPG "8100 Class DART unit 8302 approaches Killester Station with a southbound service to Bray.")
.JPG "071 Class locomotive No.088 approaches Killester Station with a cement train from Platin, near Drogheda, to Dublin North Wall.")
.JPG "8100 Class DART 8131 departs Killester with a service to Greystones with the very green grassy embankment reflecting on its sides.")
.JPG "8200 Class DART unit No.8402 arrives at Killester Station with a southbound train.")
.JPG "8201 departs Killester with a southbound service.")
.JPG "De Dietrich Enterprise DVT No.9004 passes through Killester been propelled by 201 Class loco 8208.")
.JPG "8500 Class DART unit basking in the sun at Killester Station.")
.JPG "8638 departs Killester on a northbound train to Howth.")
.JPG "082 heads through Killester with an empty Alexandra Rd to Tara Mines ore train.")
.JPG "201 Class loco 209 speeds through Killester on the 13:20 'Enterprise' to Belfast.")
.JPG "2600 Class railcar 2615 also passes through Killester at speed on a service to Drogheda.")
.JPG "De Dietrich 'Enterprise' DVT No.9001 approaches Killester with a southbound service from Belfast.")
.JPG "209 is seen propelling this southbound 'Enterprise' through Killester Station.")