Drogheda MacBride railway station

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Drogheda MacBride Stáisiún Mhic Ghiolla Bhríde Bus Eireann TFI Local Link
Connections	101 101X 163 D4 D5
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	DGHDA
Fare zone	D
Key dates
1844	Station opened
Location Drogheda MacBride Location within Ireland

v t e Belfast–Dublin Main Line
Legend
Year closed Derry Lines Belfast–Bangor Line River Lagan Belfast Lanyon Place Botanic City Hospital City Junction to Belfast Great Victoria Street Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy M1 Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim line Banbridge Maze 1974 Broomhedge Halt 1973 Damhead Halt 1973 Moira M1 Pritchards Bridge 1844 Lurgan Goodyear Halt 1983 Seagoe 1842 River Bann Portadown to Armagh 1957 Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Acton Crossing 1954 Poyntzpass Augheranter Crossing 1954 Knockarney Crossing 1965 to Armagh 1955 Goraghwood 1965 to Warrenpoint 1965 Mullaghglass 1901 Craigmore Viaduct Newry Wellington Inn 1852 Adavoyle 1933 Northern Ireland Ireland border Mt. Pleasant 1965 M1 Castletown River Dundalk Clarke Dundalk Junct. station 1894 to Enniskillen 1957 GNR(I) Works Castlebellingham 1976 to Ardee 1975 Dromin Junction 1975 Dunleer 1984 Newfoundwell Boyne Viaduct Drogheda MacBride Dublin–Navan railway line (freight only) Laytown Laytown Viaduct Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Ardgillan 1867 Skerries Skerries Golf Club Halt 1960 Baldongan 1847 Rush and Lusk Rogerstown Viaduct Donabate Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Baldoyle 1852 to Howth Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf 1956 Clontarf Road Fairview DART depot River Tolka North Wall Yard to Alexandra Road Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Loopline Bridge Trans-Dublin Line & Rosslare Line = Northern Commuter = Newry/Portadown Line

v t e Northern Commuter
Legend
Belfast–Dublin line Newry ( one early-am weekday trip ) United Kingdom Ireland border Dundalk Clarke to Navan (freight only) Drogheda MacBride Laytown Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Donabate Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin DART Howth Branch & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Bray and Rosslare Europort

Drogheda MacBride railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Mhic Ghiolla Bhríde, Droichead Átha) is a railway station that serves Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.

Description

The present station is located on a sharp curve on the southern approach to the Boyne Viaduct. Formerly there were three lines through the station, but when the station was refurbished in 1997, the up platform line was removed and the platform was widened.

It was given the name MacBride on Sunday, 10 April 1966 in commemoration of John MacBride, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

History

The original Drogheda station, on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway line, opened on 26 May 1844.^[1] It was located about a quarter-mile southeast of the current station. The passenger station was re-sited when the first temporary Boyne Viaduct opened on 11 May 1853.^{[citation needed]}

The former

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  The Boyne Viaduct carries rail traffic across the River Boyne
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  View heading north across the Boyne Viaduct
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  The Belfast - Dublin Enterprise pulling into Drogheda station.
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  Drogheda Commuter Railcar Service Depot
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  Railcar and locomotives at Drogheda station
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  Train passengers disembarking at Drogheda Station
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  McGrath's Bridge, Drogheda McGrath's Bridge, Under the lefthand arch is the Dublin to Belfast mainline, the centre arch leads to the carriage wash shed, on the right, leads to the DMU Servicing depot.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drogheda railway station.

• Irish Rail Drogheda Station Website
• Eiretrains - Drogheda Station

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Dublin Connolly		Dublin-Belfast railway line		Dundalk Clarke
Laytown		Commuter Northern Commuter		Dundalk Clarke or Terminus
	Future
Laytown		DART Line 2 (phase 2)		Terminus
	Disused railways
Terminus		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Drogheda-Oldcastle		Duleek
Laytown		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Dublin-Dundalk (Line Open)		Dunleer Line open, station closed