Straffan was a station located 2½ miles (3.5 km) from

Straffan Straffan (variously ''Teach Srafáin'', ''Strafáin'' or ''An Cluanini'' in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2016 census, the vi ...

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...

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. It also served the village of

Ardclough Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, w ...

History

Straffan Station was on the

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'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. A post office was built near the station in May 1872. The station, which had up and down platforms, with a small station building on the up side, was closed by

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in November 1947, but it remained a signalling block post. 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.

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MGWR Railway History
Disused railway stations in County Kildare Railway stations opened in 1848 1848 establishments in Ireland Railway stations closed in 1947 1947 disestablishments in Ireland {{Ireland-railstation-stub Railway stations in Ireland opened in 1848