Liffey Junction is a former

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and

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on the erstwhile

Midland Great Western Railway The Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) was the third largest Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. It was incorporated in 1845 and absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1924. At its peak the MGWR had a network of , making it Irelan ...

(MGWR) in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

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History

The station opened in 1864 upon the opening of the Liffey Line from this point to the River Liffey at North Wall. The station closed to passenger traffic on 18 January 1937 upon the concurrent closure of the line from Broadstone to Liffey Junction, such traffic being rerouted to

Pearse Station Pearse railway station ( ga, Stáisiún na bPiarsach) or Dublin Pearse is a railway station on Westland Row on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland's busiest commuter station and second busiest station overall (behind Dublin Con ...

(then Westland Row). The station remained in use until 1977 for cattle traffic and afterwards was used as a wagon storage point. Today, most of the features of this station have disappeared. Those that remain include the water tower between the trackbed of the mainline and the Liffey Line branch (now part of the Dublin– Sligo line) fronting onto the Royal Canal, traces of the up side island platform and a water column. There was a carriage shed located between the Liffey Line and the Royal Canal. This area remains distinguishable today as a triangular shaped area on the north eastern side of the Liffey Line bridge over the Royal Canal. The MGWR's creosoting plant was also located here. By 2017, tracks had been laid and overhead wires installed along the former alignment to Dublin Broadstone in preparation for the

Luas Cross City The Green Line () is one of the two lines of Dublin's Luas light rail system. The Green Line was formerly entirely in the south side of Dublin city. It mostly follows the route of the old Harcourt Street railway line, which was reserved for pos ...

services, which commenced on 9 December 2017. A new Luas depot was built on the site of the former Liffey Junction station. The down side loading bank was demolished in early 2016.

References

{{coord, 53.371038, N, 6.291904, W, region:IE-D_type:railwaystation_source:dewiki, display=title Disused railway stations in County Dublin Railway stations opened in 1864 Railway stations closed in 1977