Site Description
Immediately prior to the station were two loading banks, one on each side of the line. Traces of that on the Up side remain. Before the level crossing is the signal cabin, bearing its name to the track. This remains to control the crossing, which is of the 4-barrier type controlled by a gate wheel, the last gate wheel operated crossing in Ireland. There is a trailing siding on the Down side. The station, which is on the Maynooth side of the crossing, closed to passengers in 1963, having been closed for a short period in 1941/2. It was reopened in 1981. The ticket office is on the Up platform adjacent to the level crossing and is built on the site of a canal cottage (the original station building was on the Down platform). The GS&WR style footbridge here was originally at Listowel on the North Kerry line. There is also a modern lift accessible footbridge. There is a bay platform for M3 Parkway trains on the Up side at the Maynooth/M3 Parkway end of the station. This was added in 2011/2012. For most of its operational life, the junction with the branch to Navan was located roughly at the end of the present mainline platforms, having been moved to here from the point of divergence at Clonsilla Junction.Photographs
Photo Gallery - Clonsilla Station
Google Street View - Clonsilla Station
Geograph.ie - One of the old push-pull trains awaits departure from Clonsilla station with the 17.55 to Dublin Connolly. (Link checked 28072021)
Links
Irish Rail - Clonsilla Station (Link checked 28072021)
Chronological Details
| Opened | Closed | Company | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/06/1847 | 08/10/1941 | MGWR | Clonsilla | Temporary closure - may be first day of no service |
| 29/06/1942 | 14/06/1963 | CIE | Clonsilla | |
| 30/11/1981 | / /Open | CIE | Clonsilla |
Geographical Details
| Section Start | Section Finish | Distance | Milepost | Measured from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connolly Station | Sligo | 8.59 | 7.25 | Broadstone Station |