Heuston Station - Dublin Ireland
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N 53° 20.824 W 006° 17.524
29U E 680250 N 5914298
Formerly Kingsbridge Station it is one of Dublin's four railway termini.
Waymark Code: WM3BM9
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date Posted: 03/10/2008
Views: 84
Heuston Station was commissioned in 1846 from Sancton Wood, an English architect. Easily the most impressive of Dublin's stations, Heuston is based on the design of an Italian palazzo. A central block of nine bays is used to mask the train shed designed by Sir John McNeill. This block has projecting corinthian columns, balustrades and an attic storey - all decorated with carved swags and urns. To either side of this main block are domed campaniles. To the south is the main entrance block built along the side of the railway shed.
Unfortunately funds ran out before the interior and the rear of the station could be completed. Currently a restoration of the station in the late 1990s created a new entrance for pedestrians through the centre of the main block. The interiors have been remodelled and extended with the station shed extended to meet the rear of the office block with new facilities provided. The Dublin tram system or Luas has a stop outside the main entrance.
Heuston Station is among the oldest surviving and still used city railway stations in the world, and The train shed in Heuston Station is the oldest city train shed still used in the world.
Text taken in part from Historical society
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Dublin – Cork, Tralee, Limerick, Waterford, Ballina, Westport, Galway, Kildare Clonmel.
Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Not listed
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