Owned by Iarnród Éireann Structure type At-grade Fare zone D Province Leinster | Operated by Iarnród Éireann Station code DGHDA Opened 1844 Owner Iarnród Éireann Platforms in use 3 | |
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Location Dublin Road, Drogheda, County Louth, A92 W422
Republic of Ireland Address Bryanstown, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland Similar Dundalk railway station, Laytown railway station, Malahide railway station, Balbriggan railway station, Skerries railway station | ||
Drogheda MacBride railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Droichead Átha Mac Giolla Bhríde) serves Drogheda, Ireland.
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Description
The present station is located on a sharp curve on the south 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, up platform line was removed and the platform widened.
It was given the name MacBride on 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(I) branch to Oldcastle (opened to Navan in 1850; throughout 1863) diverges from the Dublin-Belfast mainline immediately south of the station. This serves Irish Cement at Drogheda and Tara Mine near Navan.