Park West and Cherry Orchard railway station is an Iarnród Éireann

Iarnród Éireann

Iarnród Éireann is the national railway system operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann . It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the...

 railway station

Train station

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 in Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

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, Dublin

Dublin City

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, serving the Parkwest and the Cherry Orchard

Cherry Orchard

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 area.

Description

The station opened on 28 July 2008, replacing the former Cherry Orchard and Parkwest Station located nearby. It is located in on the Dublin - Cork main line (the pre-Grouping

Great Southern Railways

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 Great Southern & Western Railway) and is served by South Western Commuter

Dublin Suburban Rail

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 services.

Former Cherry Orchard station

The former station, Cherry Orchard and Parkwest - originally simply called Cherry Orchard - opened on 16 May 1994. It was closed on 27 July 2008 as part of the Kildare Route Project, a major upgrade of the Dublin-Cork main line as far as Hazelhatch. It was known to mass vandalism and one of the reasons they shut it down. 20 metres up the line there is a gap in the fence and many people walk across the track as Irish Rail did not build a bridge in the area where that old station was.

External links

• Iarnród Éireann Kildare Route plan