Dundalk Railway Station
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Ahem 🙂 :
http://www.citypopulation.de/Ireland.html
The size of Drogheda is highly questionable given the acres of housing swamping the place, a lot of which presumably is loosely termed Drogheda.
As a compact town unit Dundalk was the larger of the two, and probably still is. This was posted a year and a half ago before Drogheda was completely overrun with Dubliners…Nice to see they’ve won again this year 🙂
According to the local paper – the figures issued to the NSS people forgot a couple of thousand people and also excluded “Drogheda Co Meath” the bits of Drogheda just over the border into Co Meath such as the huge Grange Rath Estate which has about 500 houses! Which meant that Drogheda had a few hundred more (Dubs no doubt – myself included) than Dundalk 🙂
Ah Goodies – Third Level College, New Fire Station, Co Co Headquarters, Upgraded Shopping Street, Bypass that will be untolled – I could go on… True were getting a new Pool but only because the roof fell in on the other one.
And we’re finally getting decent shopping centres at the end of the year 😀
Dundalk’s new one will be better though – we’ve more parking spaces than you 🙂
Yeah okay the college, and the bypass – but the council offices :rolleyes: – you can have em…
@Graham Hickey wrote:
Dundalk’s new one will be better though – we’ve more parking spaces than you 🙂
Yeah okay the college, and the bypass – but the council offices :rolleyes: – you can have em…
Fire station architecture at its best 😉
Pretty manky alright, but what do people think about Dundalk Railway Station getting an award did it deserve it?
Maintenance-wise they are excellent, both for everyday services as well as on structural & decorative issues.
So much so, it seems all brassware in the station must be cleaned every morning before 8 o’clock, such is the dedication apparent.
Also the white painted parts of the columns are regularly painted – keeping the whole scheme fresh without having to do all the green which is clever – you can even see the glow of it in the pic below.That dodgy Commuter paintwork mentioned before was a low point alright but it has since been painted over – still incorrectly though: this time in DART green :rolleyes:.Third time lucky perhaps…
A lovely lovely station though – classic model railway architecture :):
I loved using Dundalk Station when I worked there – a lovely building and quite peaceful but maybe it was because I was leaving the town 😉 – I must post my shots of the GNR Merlin using the station. Got some nice ones with lots of steam and smoke
actually when I think of it, i have a wonderfully evocative one of the same engine in Connolly…. will post tonight
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
actually when I think of it, i have a wonderfully evocative one of the same engine in Connolly…. will post tonight
Are you confessing to being a trainspotter 😀
The train or the trip? 🙂
Here’s a (bad) view of its magnificent glazed canopy and the toytown chimneys :):
Also some detail of the polychromatic brickwork, including custom-made granite cills and delightful little cast iron ventilation grills along the skirting of the building; they could’ve used cheap bricks but they went way-out with these 🙂
The windows are also great – even if they are a pain to maintain:
Skerries named Ireland’s best station
From:ireland.com
Tuesday, 20th March, 2007The prize for best railway station in Ireland has been awarded to Skerries, Co Dublin.
The winners of the Best Railway Station Awards were announced in Croke Park today.
The awards, in their 15th year, judge Ireland’s 135 railway stations in terms of facilities, cleanliness, innovation and customer service.
It is the second time Skerries has won the overall Best Station Award, having won the top prize in 2000.
It also retained its Best Suburban Station title, which it has now won for 11 years in a row.
The northeast did particularly well in the awards, with Drogheda and Dundalk, Co Louth, coming first and second respectively in the Major Stations category.
Skerries and Donabate topping the list of Best Suburban Halts and Balbriggan being named the best improved.
Arklow in Co Wexford beat Westport, Co Mayo, into second place to take the Best Intercity Station section. Castlebar, Carrick-on-Shannon and Roscommon topped the list of Best Intercity Stops.
Greystones was named the Best Dart Station, followed by Bray and Malahide. Sandymount was singled out for being the best improved stop on the line.
Wicklow station won the Innovation Award, while Arklow’s staff were deemed to have made the best effort over the past year.
Mallow was awarded top prize in two categories – the Mary Linehan Floral Display category and the Heritage Awards. Rosslare Station place second in the heritage category.
Another award for the station
For more information on the built heritage of the Dundalk – Greenore line
http://louthheritage.ie/content/heritage/industrial/rail_9_3517707792.pdf
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