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Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Léim an Bhradáin Droichead LouisaIarnród Éireann
General information
LocationStation Road, Leixlip, County Kildare, W23 NH33
Ireland
Coordinates53°22′12″N 6°30′25″W / 53.3699°N 6.5069°W / 53.3699; -6.5069
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Tracks2
Bus routes3
Bus operatorsDublin Bus, JJ Kavanagh and Sons
Connections
  • 139
  • C3
  • X26
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeLXLSA
Fare zoneSuburban 3
Key dates
1 September 1848Station opens as Louisa Bridge and Leixlip
1851Station renamed Leixlip
2 July 1990Station renamed Leixlip Louisa Bridge
2000Station upgraded

Leixlip Louisa Bridge is a railway station in the north-eastern corner of County Kildare, Ireland. It is one of two stations that serve the civil parish of Leixlip, the other being Leixlip Confey. Both stations lie on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter route. It is one of the few stations in the Iarnród Éireann network in which the station building is located directly over the platforms, on a bridge (Dún Laoghaire railway station also follows this design).

Western Commuter
Legend
Dublin–Sligo Line
Longford
Edgeworthstown
Mullingar
Enfield
Kilcock
Maynooth
Leixlip Louisa Bridge
Leixlip Confey
M3 Parkway
Dunboyne
Hansfield (serves Ongar)
Clonsilla
Coolmine
Castleknock
Navan Road Parkway
Ashtown
Pelletstown
Broombridge Luas
to Liffey Junction
& Dublin Broadstone
(
closed
1937
)
The Royal Canal
Phoenix Park Tunnel
to Dublin Heuston
Drumcondra
Docklands
(Luas Spencer Dock)
The Royal Canal
Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
Loopline Bridge
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse

Location and access

View of the Rye Water
aqueduct from Louisa Bridge station

The station is located west of the town centre, on the R148 regional road.

History

A 29000 Class DMU (29020) on a Western Commuter service to Maynooth

Originally named Louisa Bridge & Leixlip when it opened on 1 September 1848 the station was known simply as Leixlip from 1851, until the opening of Leixlip Confey railway station in 1990.

The station was upgraded to two platforms as part of the Western Commuter upgrade project in the early 2000s. At the same time, it was reconstructed to be disability-friendly. The previous station building is now a dwelling house. The 1980s concrete block station building remains, albeit out of use, and is the only remaining station building of this style from the 1980s re-opening of the Western Commuter line.

See also

References

  1. Irish Rail Printable Timetables Archived 2019-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Leixlip Louisa Bridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 5 September 2007.

External links

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Leixlip Confey   Commuter
Western Commuter 		  Maynooth
  Future  
Leixlip Confey   DART
Line 1 		  Maynooth
  Disused railways  
Lucan North
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin-Galway/Sligo 		  Maynooth
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