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|name = Dublin Connolly Junction |
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|image = [[Image:Dart and commuter.jpg|200px]] |
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|caption = Dublin Connolly Junction platforms (on the right), now part of [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly]] |
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|locale = Amiens Street,<br> [[Dublin]] city centre |
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|years = 1891 |
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|events = Station opened as <br> ''Aimens Street Junction'' |
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|years1 = 1950's |
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|events1 = Station closed down |
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|years2 = 1984 |
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|events2 = Station reopens for [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]] use and renamed ''Dublin Connolly Junction'' |
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|years3 = 1999 |
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|events3 = Station closed down again |
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|platforms = 2 (now part of [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly]]) |
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|borough = [[Dublin City Council]] |
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'''Dublin Connolly Junction''' was a railway station, that was located next to [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly]]. |
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The station was open between 1891 until the 1950's and then reopened in 1984 and closed again in 1999. |
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==History== |
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The station opened in 1891 as ''Amiens Street Junction'', when the [[Loopline Bridge]] opened the same year. The station let trains go over the [[Loopline Bridge]], onwards to [[Rosslare Harbour|Rosslare]]. |
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In the 1950's, the station became part of the ''Amiens Street'' station and the station closed. |
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In 1984, the station reopened to allow the [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]] service stoped at the station and the station was renamed ''Dublin Connolly Junction''. |
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In 1999, [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly]] was completely renovated and partially rebuilt. Dublin Connolly Junction closed again, and a new entrance to was put in to connect platforms 6 and 7 to [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly]]. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly]] |
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{{coord missing|County Dublin}} |
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in County Dublin]] |
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