Drogheda railway station


Drogheda MacBride railway station serves Drogheda, Ireland.

Description

The present station is located on a sharp curve on the southern approach to the Boyne Viaduct. Formerly there were three lines through the station between the 'up' and 'down' platforms, but when the station was refurbished in 1997, the up platform line was removed and the platform widened.
It was given the name MacBride on Sunday 10 April 1966 in commemoration of John MacBride, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

History

The original Drogheda station opened on 25 May 1844 about a quarter mile southeast.
The passenger station was resited when the first temporary Boyne Viaduct opened on 11 May 1853.
The former GNR branch to Oldcastle diverges from the Dublin-Belfast mainline immediately south of the station.
This serves Irish Cement at Drogheda and Tara Mine near Navan.

DART Expansion

As part of Project Ireland 2040 the DART will be extended to Drogheda. No works on this project have yet been announced.

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