Sydney Parade railway station
Sydney Parade Paráid Sydney  | |
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 The station in 1978 | |
| Location |
Sydney Parade Avenue, Dublin 4, D04 FC91 Republic of Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°19′15″N 6°12′41″W / 53.3208°N 6.2115°WCoordinates: 53°19′15″N 6°12′41″W / 53.3208°N 6.2115°W |
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SIDNY |
| Fare zone | Suburban 1 |
| Key dates | |
| January 1835 | Station opens |
| 1960 | Station closed |
| 1972 | Station reopens |
| 2014 | Station refurbished |
Sydney Parade Railway Station (Irish: Stáisiún Pharáid Sydney) is located at Sydney Parade Avenue in Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland. The alternative spelling Sidney Parade is also in common usage.
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It serves the southern end of Dublin 4, St Vincent's Hospital at Elm Park and the RTÉ Radio & Television studios at Montrose, Donnybrook. It has a bus connection with the University College of Dublin campus at Belfield.
There is a level crossing at the northern end of the station.
The ticket office is open between 06:00-00:00 AM, Monday to Friday. It is unmanned on Saturday and Sunday.
History
The station opened in January 1835[1] as a halt on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. In 1852 it was upgraded to a full station with the construction of shelters, stone platforms and a footbridge.
It was named after Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea.[2][3][4]
The station was closed in 1960 and reopened in 1972.
Literary references
A crucial incident in the story "A Painful Case" by James Joyce (from his collection Dubliners) occurs here.
The station is mentioned in the title of the bestselling book Should Have Got Off At Sydney Parade authored under the pen-name Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
See also
References
- ↑ "Sydney Parade" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ↑ Kullmann, Kurt (2018). The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingstown. The History Press. ISBN 9780750987646.
- ↑ "A history of Thorncastle and Merrion". http://www.mountmerrionhistorical.com. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Davitt, Tom. "Getting hooked on Trains: Sydney Parade 1934-1946". Irish Railway Record Society. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
External links
| Preceding station |  |
Following station | ||
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| Sandymount | DART Trans-Dublin |
Booterstown | ||
| Lansdowne Road | Commuter South Eastern Commuter |
Blackrock | ||
| Lansdowne Road | Commuter Northern Commuter Peak times only |
Blackrock | ||
| Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch) Peak times only |