Kilcoole

Kilcoole, Co.Wicklow, located literally on the coastline south of Greystones, was opened on the Dublin Wicklow & Wexford Railway's line in October 1850. The station had a single platform, siding, cattle bank and goods store. Reduced to halt under Greystones by the Great Southern Railway in 1930, the station was closed completely in April 1964, but was rebuilt and reopened in 1980 for suburban traffic. Only the end platform wall of the original station survives at the south end of the present day platform, along with a redundant concrete buffer stop. The station only has a sparse service with Gorey/Enniscorthy commuter trains.
The single platform station at Kilcoole, located on the windswept section of the Rosslare line between Greystones and Wicklow. Only commuter trains call here. The user operated level crossing at the south end of Kilcoole Station. To the right can be seen many boulders, placed here by Irish Rail as part of the coastel defences. A view looking south towards Rosslare from the level crossing at Kilcoole. To the right of the railway line can be seen the end of the original platform of the station which closed here in March 1964. Kilcoole has a very infrequent service, mostly formed of the Gorey/Enniscorthy commuter trains to Dublin, so this information display is quite important at this isolated spot.
The approach road to Kilcoole Station level crossing, with a UK style warning sign. Beyond the railway line is the Irish Sea.