Broadstone

Broadstone Station, located within north west Dublin City was the location of the Midland Great Western Railway headquarters and was their main ine terminus in Dublin. The station however was sited on a rather isolated area from the city centre and in 1934 the then Great Southern Railway transferred all Galway, Mayo and Sligo services to Westland Row station, now Pearse, on the south side of the city.
Broadstone motive power depot continued to be used until the end of steam traction on CIE in 1965. By 1967 only a derelict single line to Broadstone remained for the sporadic oil train to service then then already established bus depot, which still occupies the site today. Until the mid 1930s Broadstone Station was also served by the branch off the Royal Canal, which featured an aqueduct across the Phibsborough Rd, as well as a small harbour adjacent to the station site, now long since filled in.
The imposing headquarters and terminus of the former Midland Great Western Railway at Broadstone, north Dublin City. The station is now one of the major Dublin Bus depots. The architectural details are seen on the facade of the main building, including its build date inscription 'A.D 1850'. One of two cast iron lamp standards at the porch entrance to Broadstone Station. As can be seen the building is frequently vandalised. The railway side of the former Broadstone Station, showing the double train shed which once housed the arrival and departure platforms for the trains.
A view looking into the former train shed at Broadstone Station, where the departure platform was once located. Bus Eireann vehicles are usually parked within here. Looking across the yard from the site of the engine shed we see the one time carridge paintshop on the left, the boiler shop and the smithy. To the right is the carridge repair shop. Another view looking across from the site of the engine shed towards the site of the platforms. The train shed is on the right, while in the background is the parcels office and carridge repair shop. Dublin buses are now parked along the carridge repair shop. This picture is taken on the site of the platforms. The parcels office is again at the end of the building. To the left can be seen a trainee bus.
This is the one time locomotive workshop and to the right is the carridge paintshop. All these structures are now used to maintain and overhaul buses in Dublin. Looking along the side of the booking office. To the left was once the locomotive sheds, while on the right was the entrance to the one time departure platform. This is roughly where the turntable was once location. Bus Eireann buses are normally stabled at this end. The locomotive shed at Broadstone finally closed in 1961, by which time steam locos had disappeared from the Dublin area. Leaving Broadstone the Midland Great Western line entered a cutting seen in the distance and joined the Liffey branch at Liffey Junction. By 1967 only a single line served the then bus depot for sporadic oil traffic.