Kilmainham Wood

Kilmainham Wood Station, Co.Meath, is a small wayside station on the currently disused Navan to Kingscourt branch, opened in 1872 as far as Kilmainham Wood in 1872, and to Kingscourt in 1875. Built by an independent company it was largely operated by the Midland Great Western Railway. Passenger services on the Kingscourt branch ceased in 1947, but the line remained in use for gypsum traffic right up until 2001, when that traffic transferred to road. The last train to Kingscourt was the weed sprayer in 2002, and today the line is disconnected beyond Navan at Tara Junction. The station at Kimainham Wood had just one platform, small single storey brick station building and stone built goods store, located on the up and down side respectively. The station, now private residence, is located on a minor road off the R162.
141 Class locomotives Nos.146+158 round the curve slowly into Kilmainham Wood Station with a loaded train from Kingscourt in June 1996. The guard is descending from the loco to open the manually operated level crossing at the station. ©Colm O'Callaghan Kilmainham Wood Station on the disused Kingscourt branch line, looking north. The goods shed, complete with platform is on the left, and station building on the right. In the foreground is the level crossing. The brick built station at Kilmainham Wood was constructed in November 1872 by the Midland Great Western Railway, who operated this line until 1925. Gypsum traffc from Kingscourt kept the line open until the end of 2001. The stone built goods shed and goods platform at Kilmainham Wood, located on the down side of the station. Kilmainham Wood had just one passenger platform, with a siding serving the goods platform.
The last train to pass through Kilmainham Wood was the weed sprayer in 2002, and now the weeds are growing fast along the disused track.