Sandymount railway station
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Sandymount railway station serves Sandymount
and Ballsbridge
(including Simmonscourt) in Dublin, Ireland
. The station is staffed seven days a week and has two platforms, both fully accessible via ramps.
There is a level crossing
as the railway line crosses Sandymount Avenue. The station was reopened from a long period of closure with the electrification of Dublin suburban rail services - DART - in 1984; Sandymount Halt was originally opened in January 1835.
Sandymount
Sandymount is a coastal seaside suburb in Dublin 4 on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It is in the Dublin South East Dáil constituency and the East Pembroke Ward. It was once part of Pembroke Township, which took its name from the fact that this area was part of the estate of the Earl of...
and Ballsbridge
Ballsbridge
Ballsbridge is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, named for the bridge spanning the River Dodder on the south side of the city. The sign on the bridge still proclaims it as "Ball's Bridge" in recognition of the fact that the original bridge in this location was built and owned by a Mr...
(including Simmonscourt) in Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The station is staffed seven days a week and has two platforms, both fully accessible via ramps.
There is a level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
as the railway line crosses Sandymount Avenue. The station was reopened from a long period of closure with the electrification of Dublin suburban rail services - DART - in 1984; Sandymount Halt was originally opened in January 1835.