Sydney Parade railway station

Railway station in Dublin, Ireland

Sydney Parade Railway Station (Irish: Stáisiún Pharáid Sydney) is located on Sydney Parade Avenue in Dublin 4, Ireland.

It serves the southern end of Dublin 4, St Vincent's Hospital at Elm Park and the RTÉ Radio and Television studios at Montrose, Donnybrook.

There is a level crossing with code XR-004 at the northern end of the station.

The information office is open at various times between 06:00-00:00, Monday to Friday. It is unstaffed on Saturday and Sunday.

Plaque in shelter on southbound platform of Sydney Parade

History

The station opened in January 1835, as a halt on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. In 1852, it was upgraded to a full station with the construction of shelters, stone platforms and a footbridge.

It was named after Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea.^[1][2][3]

The station was closed in 1960 and reopened in 1972. It was electrified in 1984 with the launch of DART services.

Transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops for the following routes:

• Dublin Bus route 47 from Poolbeg Street to Belarmine, via UCD
• UCD Shuttle, from the station to UCD Belfield Campus (term time only)

In addition, a number of bus services stop on Merrion Road, located 350 m from the station.

• Dublin Bus route 4 from Harristown to Monkstown
• Dublin Bus routes 7 / 7A from Mountjoy Square to Bride's Glen / Loughlinstown.
• Dublin Bus 7N Nitelink from Dublin city centre to Shankill (Friday & Saturday only)
• Dublin Bus 84N Nitelink from Dublin city centre to Greystones (Friday & Saturday only)
• Aircoach route 703 from Killiney to Dublin Airport
• Aircoach route 702 from Greystones to Dublin Airport

Literary references

• A crucial incident in the story "A Painful Case" by James Joyce (from his collection Dubliners) occurs here.

• The station is mentioned in the title of the bestselling book Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade authored under the pen-name Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.

• The station is mentioned in the 2023 novel Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine.^[4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. Kullmann, Kurt (2018). The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingstown. The History Press. ISBN 9780750987646.
2. "A history of Thorncastle and Merrion". Mount Merrion Historical Society.
3. Davitt, Tom. "Getting hooked on Trains: Sydney Parade 1934-1946". Irish Railway Record Society. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
4. Kullmann, Emilie (2023). Ruth & Pen. Penguin. ISBN 9780241986240.

External links

• Irish Rail Sydney Parade Station Website