Broombridge railway station


Broombridge is a railway station beside a LUAS Tram stop serving Cabra, Dublin 7, Ireland. It lies on the southern bank of the Royal Canal at the western end of what had been Liffey Junction station on the erstwhile Midland Great Western Railway. It takes its name from Broome Bridge, which crosses the canal, where William Rowan Hamilton developed the mathematical notion of quaternions. A plaque on the adjacent canal bridge and the naming of the LUAS Maintenance depot on site, Hamilton Depot, commemorates this.

Description

The railway station was opened on 2 July 1990. Both platforms are step-free accessible, the northern eastbound by a long ramp from the Cabra Road bridge and the southern platform at street level. A pedestrian bridge with lifts and other station improvements were completed in 2018 to facilitate transfers to the two LUAS terminus platforms which became operational in December 2017. No toilet facilities are provided despite being an interchange station.

Services

Broombridge is a station on the Western Commuter services.
It is the last station approaching Dublin served by both branches of the Western Commuter line before the line splits between trains heading to Connolly Station and those going to Docklands., the core off-peak rail service is half-hourly between Dublin Connolly station and Maynooth railway station, supplemented in the peaks by an additional half-hourly service from Docklands to the M3 Parkway with some miscellaneous extensions to other services.

LUAS

The Luas Broombridge interchange station is the northside Dublin terminus of the Luas Green Line extension and services began in December 2017.. From Broombridge, the tram route takes the old MGWR route to its Broadstone terminus site before continuing to Dublin City Centre. The Broombridge-Hamilton LUAS maintenance depot lies to the south of the line on the final part of the approach to the station.

Bus Connections

A bus stop is provided at the forecourt on the southern side of the station convenient to the LUAS platforms. Dublin Bus route 40E which travels through Finglas and terminates at Tyrrellstown in Blanchardstownhas has Broodbridge station as its southern terminus.

Vandalism

The station is unmanned and had been subject to significant and sustained vandalism, enough for Iarnród Éireann to be concerned and questions asked about it in the Dáil. The lack of shelter for passengers or seating facilities was similarly questioned,.
In 2012, additional security measures were added along with seating and decoration in advance of the station's redesign as part of the Luas Cross City project. Leap card validators, previously not provided due to vandalism concerns, have been installed and Iarnród Éireann ticket machines were installed towards the end of 2019.

Nearby

Reilly's Bridge

In 1847, when the railway was opened, the MGWR briefly established a station at Reilly's Bridge just over 0.5 km to the west but closed it before the end of the year.

Gallery


Image:Broombridge train and Luas station and depot.jpg|Station southern forecourt in 2019
Image:LUAS Broombridge Hamilton Depot, Broombridge, Dublin.jpg|Broombridge-Hamilton depot entrance in 2018
Image:Broombridge train station sign.jpg|Broombridge train station sign