Straffan railway station

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Straffan

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General information
LocationClownings, near Straffan, County Kildare
Ireland
Elevation212 ft (65 m)
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Original company Great Southern and Western Railway
Key dates
1 August 1848Station opens
5 October 1853 Straffan rail accident
9 June 1947Station closes to goods
10 November 1947Station closes to passengers
1976Signal cabin closes
Location
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Straffan
Location within County Kildare
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Straffan
Straffan (Ireland)

Straffan was a station located 2+12 miles (3.5 km) from Straffan in County Kildare, Ireland. It also served the village of Ardclough. [1]

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History

Straffan Station was on the Great Southern & Western Railway's main Dublin to Cork line, and had opened two years after the line itself in August 1848. Five years later, the third worst rail accident in Irish history occurred a quarter of a mile south of Straffan, when a goods train ran into the back of a stationary passenger train, causing eighteen deaths. [2] [3]

A post office was built near the station in May 1872.[ citation needed ]

The station, which had up and down platforms, with a small station building on the up side, was closed by CIÉ in November 1947, but it remained a signalling block post. [4] The signal cabin at Straffan was closed however in 1976, after which the redundant station buildings became derelict and were demolished in the mid 1980s. [5]

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References

  1. Fisheries, Ireland Dept of Agriculture and (2 August 1917). "Journal" via Google Books.
  2. Dickens, Charles (2 August 1852). "The Household Narrative of Current Events" via Google Books.
  3. "Straffan Rail Crash 1853". www.kildare.ie.
  4. Government, Ireland Dept of the Environment and Local; Service, Ireland Dúchas, the Heritage; Service, Ireland Heritage; Heritage, Ireland National Inventory of Architectural (2 August 2002). An introduction to the architectural heritage of County Kildare. Dept. of the Environment & Local Govt. ISBN   9780755712595 via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "Straffan".
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Hazelhatch   Great Southern and Western Railway
Dublin–Cork
  Sallins

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