Description
Kilcoole railway station (Stáisiún Chill Chomghaill) is a railway station in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. The station serves the village of the same name and the town of Newtownmountkennedy. The station has 1 platform.HistoryThe station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Kilcoole & Newtownmountkennedy. The station was closed in 1964 due to a lack of resources or use. It reopened on 2 November 1980 with the first train being the 05:30 train from Dublin Connolly stopping on its way to Wicklow. The train guard was a railway man called Mick O' Grady who was later to become the Station Manager of Dublin Pearse in 2008 until 2012.Services/RoutesThe station is one of the least served on the whole Irish Rail network, with only a handful of trains a day. The service from the station is:Monday to Friday 2 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)2 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow Saturdays 1 train per day to Dundalk Clarke via Bray Daly and Dublin Connolly1 train per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow Sundays No services call at the station on Sundays.
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