Kilcock railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Kilcock, Ireland}}

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Kilcock railway station serves the town of Kilcock in County Kildare, Ireland.

It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Longford Commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service. Passengers change at Maynooth to travel to stations on the Dublin to Maynooth and Dublin to M3 Parkway Commuter services.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147|title=Train Timetables by Route|work=Iarnród Éireann|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402042758/http://www.irishrail.ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route|archivedate=2 April 2019}}

History

File:Kilcock railway station.jpg

{{Dublin-Sligo railway line}}

{{Dublin Suburban Rail Western}}

The first station opened on 28 June 1847, and was replaced by a new station on 1 July 1848, which closed to regular passenger traffic on 10 November 1947.{{cite web | title=Kilcock station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=4 September 2007 | archive-date=26 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }} The current station, under Shaw Bridge, opened in 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rail-station-at-kilcock-opens-1.210106|title=Rail station at Kilcock opens|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=3 November 1998|accessdate=21 December 2019}}

See also

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