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Pace, Co.Meath, is where the
first phase of the re-opened
Clonsilla to
Navan railway line will terminate. The
townland of Pace is located just north of
Dunboyne which the former Dublin &
Meath Railway passed through. The line was opened between Clonsilla and
Navan in 1862, and was worked largely by the Midland Great Western.
Passenger services over the line ceased in 1947, and it finally closed
completely in 1963, after which the track was lifted. The section of
double track line to Pace is due to open in 2012, with the remaining
portion to Navan by 2015. This also sees the reinstatement of the former
double track line which once existed between Clonsilla and
Drumree between 1882 and 1929. The
station at Pace is located just north of the Tolka River bridge has up &
down platforms, with the modern single storey booking office located on
the down side. It is designed as a 'park & ride' station, and will
feature a large car park accessed off the adjacent M3 Motorway.
See Irish
Rail for more
info on the revival of this former railway line. |
.JPG "This is the 1862 built road overbridge just south of...")
.JPG "Coming up to date, this is the same location showing the...")
.JPG "This is the bridge at Pace when it was still standing,...")
.JPG "This is the site of the bridge today, viewed from the...")
.JPG "A view looking towards Clonsilla just south of Pace. In...")
.JPG "This is the view again looking south but from the now...")
.JPG "Looking north from the former road overbridge in February...")
.JPG "This is the southern side of the rather impressive R157...")
.JPG "A view of the former trackbed at Pace, looking north...")
.JPG "Just south of the site of the new Pace Station, the line...")
.JPG "Now a new concete bridge spans the Tolka River. The new...")
.JPG "In February 2009, part of the one time girder bridge...")
.JPG "Another view of the new double track concrete bridge...")
.JPG "This was the stone abutments of the bridge on the...")
.JPG "Present view shows the reinstated bridge across the River...")
.JPG "The modern single storey station building at Pace is...")
.JPG "This is the lift shaft on the down platform. In the...")
.JPG "A view of Pace Station, looking south towards Clonsilla...")
.JPG "The down platform at Pace is still underconstruction. The...")
.JPG "At the north end of Pace Station are two bridges which...")
.JPG "A view looking south back towards Pace Station from one...")
.JPG "This is the second road overbridge north of the new Pace...")
.JPG "This overbridge is quite lengthy, and could almost been...")
.JPG "Just north of Pace the current work on the Navan line...")
.JPG "This is currently the end of the line north of Pace...")
.JPG "Beyond what will be the headshunt north of Pace Station,...")
