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Since the 1870s, the first railway companies of
Ireland had begun to establish their own large goods yards in east
Dublin City adjacent to Dublin Port. These yards had all remained
largely intact up until the 1970s when new container cranes and track
simplification with surplus yards closures came about with the
introduction of bulk freight trains and the withdrawal of wagon load
services. The complex yards are too detailed to divide into separate
categories so I've decided to put them under the general larger area of
North Wall, but I'll make reference to each yard here.
East Wall yard, established here by the
Great Northern Railway in the 1870s, is today the main stabling point
for timber and cement trains. In the yard is also a ballast loading
point and civil engineers sidings. A wagon repair shed was also built
here in the 1970s. The yard was simplified recently, and the container
loading gantry was removed. The line to the Alexandra
Rd tramway (which
is used almost exclusively by Tara Mines trains) also passes through
East Wall yard. A link line also ran from East Wall yard to the Great
Southern & Western Railway's goods yard at
the Point Depot, which was simplified in 1980s and now disconnected.
London & North Western Railway yard at
North Wall was established in the 1870s, it once also had a passenger
service, withdrawn as early as 1922. The yard was upgraded
with new cranes, both in 1970 and 1994, but the withdrawal of container
traffic resulted in the closure of the yard in 2005. Adjacent to the
LNWR yard was the Midland
Great Western Railway's goods yard, later used also for
loading containers but by fork lift. In use up to late 1990s, it too
closed in 2005 and now the new Docklands
Station stands on
its northern site. |
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