Site Description
There are both Up and Down platforms here with the modern station building adjacent to the disused signal cabin on the Up platform. The station closed in 1963 but reopened in 1981 with the original station building being replaced by a compact ticket office which in turn was superceded by the present structure in 2001. Between this and the Royal Canal harbour is the car park. There is a footbridge midway along the platforms. The former stationmaster's house, now a private residence, is on the Down side with another carpark between this and the road overbridge at the Dublin end of the station. At the Sligo end of the station, on the same side, there is an engineering depot. This is on the site of a turntable that was accessed by a short trailing siding from the Down line. Beyond this, there was a cattle bank and sidings off the original Down line, but these have been incorporated into a housing estate and built over. There was a loading bank and siding on the Up side, also at this end of the station which have been built on to provide additional car parking facilities. There is a long siding on the Up side at the Sligo end of the station. This was shortened temporarily in 2005 to allow for the rebuilding of Bond Bridge. On the Sligo side of the latter, Maynooth University can be seen on the Up side. The bricked up archway in the college wall was used as a goods access point from the canal, primarily for coal to power the college gas plant.Photographs
Photo Gallery - Maynooth Station
Google Street View - Maynooth Station
Two Irish Rail 141/181 class locomotives take the 07.30 Sligo - Dublin passenger train out of Maynooth station - a flagman attends due to a signal failure. (Link checked 26072021)
Links
Irish Rail Station Information (Link checked 26072021)
Chronological Details
| Opened | Closed | Company | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/06/1847 | 08/10/1941 | MGWR | Maynooth | Temporary Closure May be first day of no service |
| 29/06/1942 | 14/06/1963 | GSR | Maynooth | |
| 30/11/1981 | / /Open | CIE | Maynooth |
Geographical Details
| Section Start | Section Finish | Distance | Units | Milepost | Measured from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connolly Station | Sligo | 16.35 | Miles | 15 | Broadstone Station |