North Wall railway station

North Wall Railway Station
General information
Coordinates	53.3476°N 6.2375°W / 53.3476; -6.2375
Owned by	London and North Western Railway
History
Opened	November 1877 (1877-11)[1]: 37
Closed	1922 (1922)

North Wall was one of Dublin's six original rail termini, the others being Westland Row (now Pearse Station), Amiens Street (now Connolly Station), Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station), Broadstone and Harcourt Street (now a bar and nightclub complex).

Dublin North Wall station and yards

North Western Hotel, Insurance Plan 1893

History

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) moved the Dublin terminus of their passenger service from Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) to North Wall in 1861.[2]: 17  The railway passenger station was then opened and was only used for boat trains.[3][4]

The passenger service to the railway station closed in 1922.[5]

As of 2020 the station and adjoining lands were reserved for use as a possible station on the DART Underground alongside the Spencer Dock Luas stop.[6]

London and North Western Hotel

London and North Western Hotel, Dublin (1884)

The LNWR also opened an adjacent hotel in 1884. It was closed in 1922 and then was subsequently used for offices.[3][7]

Freight Depot

North Wall freight yard in 2017

The associated freight depot remains actively in use through many of its constituent yards have closed from the 1970s.[8] North Wall in a freight context will refer to the freight yard.

References

1. Shepherd, Ernie (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland – An illustrated History. Midland Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-85780-008-7.
2. Merrigan, Justin P.; Collard, Ian P. (2010). Holyhead to Ireland - Stenna and its Welsh Heritage. Amberley Publishing PLC. ISBN 9781848689589.
3. "Dublin LNWR station, 2012". Andrews Transport. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
4. Doyle, Oliver (February 2009). "Docklands, a Station in 51 Weeks". Irish Railway Record Society (168). Historical Background. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
5. ""North Wall"". eiretrains.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
6. "Plans for Liffey bridge derailed by Dart Underground scheme". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
7. "CIÉ Offices, 58-59 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Dublin City". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
8. Baker, Michael (October 2012). "North Wall" (179). Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)