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VIDEO: DART TRAIN ARRIVING AT PEARSE STATION

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31 MAY 2024

ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Pearse Railway Station, also known as Dublin Pearse, is a major railway station in Dublin, Ireland. Located on Westland Row in the city centre, it serves as a central hub for both commuter and intercity rail services.

OK WHAT IS THE DELAY

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TRAINS WERE RUNNING LATE AT PEARSE STATION

I had to cancel an appointment so I ended up at Pearse Railway Station and I had plenty of spare time so I photographed some trains arriving at the station and some trains leaving in both directions.

CLONTARF TRAIN STATION

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PHOTOGRAPHED 15 SEPTEMBER 2016

I have only visited this station once or twice and 2016 could well have been my last visit.
The original photographs suffered from motion blur and camera shake but was able to correct the problem using ON1 Photo RAW.

Clontarf Road railway station is a railway station in Dublin, Ireland, on the DART commuter rail line. It is located in the suburb of Clontarf, close to the seafront. The station was opened on 29 September 1844 and is currently operated by Irish Rail.

Clontarf Road station has two platforms, one serving southbound trains and the other serving northbound trains. The station has a ticket office, a waiting room, and a car park. There is also a pedestrian footbridge connecting the two platforms.

The station is served by the DART commuter rail line, which runs from Howth to Bray. The DART operates every 10-15 minutes during peak times and every 20-30 minutes off-peak.

BLACKROCK TRAIN STATION AND NEARBY

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I USED A SIGMA DP3 QUATTRO CAMERA TODAY

The Dublin and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) Railway was the first suburban railway in the world. The line began operating in 1834 and was built by William Dargan, an engineer from County Laois.
The idea for the railway arose from proposals by the merchants of Dublin to link the city with Dún Laoghaire Harbour, because the levels of silt at Dublin Port meant that large ships could no longer dock there and instead called at Dún Laoghaire. The line ran from Westland Row (Pearse Street) to Seapoint and shortly after was extended to Dún Laoghaire. Blackrock Station opened on 17 December 1834.

Blackrock once had a natural coastline which ran along the Rock Road. This disappeared when the train line was built in 1834 making the space between the road and the track into a marsh. Before the line was built, the locals used the beach as a bathing area.

This marsh area was the cause of local nuisance, as even though water would flow in and out with the tide, it was not enough to wash the area out. This made the marsh very unpleasant to the nose. It was later decided by the Blackrock Towns Commissioners to fill in the area and construct the Blackrock Park in 1873. The granite gates at the main entrance once belonged to a house called Vauxhall and the gardens at the entrance were part of the gardens of the old house.

In 2007, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council published plans for the conservation and development of the park. The plans include extensive redevelopment of the course of the Priory River, as well as refurbishment of several of the buildings within the park.

Blackrock baths were provided for by the railway company in 1839 and were built beside the Blackrock train station. A special train ticket also permitted entrance to the baths. In 1887, the baths were rebuilt in concrete with a large gentlemen’s bath and a smaller ladies’ bath. In 1928, the Urban District Council bought the baths for £2,000 and readied them for the Tailteann Games. The baths, with a 50-metre pool, were well known for their swimming galas and water polo and could accommodate up to 1,000 spectators. Eddie Heron lived in Sandycove and is known for his achievement as 36 years undefeated Springboard and Highboard Diving Champion of Ireland. A plaque commemorating him is on the railway bridge that crosses over to the baths.