Bray Daly railway station

53°12′15″N 6°6′1″W / 53.20417°N 6.10028°W / 53.20417; -6.10028Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms3 (only 2 see regular use)Tracks4Bus routes45a, 45b, 84, 84a, 131, 143, 144, 155, 184,185Bus stands4Bus operatorsDublin Bus
Go-Ahead Ireland
Bus Éireann
Finnegan BrayConstructionStructure typeAt-gradePlatform levels1ParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeBRAYFare zoneSuburban 3HistoryElectrified1984Original companyDublin, Wicklow and Wexford RailwayPre-groupingDublin and South Eastern RailwayPost-groupingGreat Southern RailwaysKey dates10 July 1854Station opens, as Bray14 July 1924Station renamed Bri Chualann (Bray)c.1930Station renamed Bray31 December 1958Services to Harcourt Street cease10 April 1966Station renamed Bray Daly2 December 1974Station closes to goods traffic1983Station upgraded

Bray (Daly) Railway Station (Stáisiún Bhré / Uí Dhálaigh in Irish) is a station in Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located adjacent to Bray seafront and is 600 m from Bray Main Street via Florence Road or Quinsborough Road.

Bray marks the end of the double track line from Dublin and is the end point for most suburban services, with train stabling facilities convenient to the station.

Routes

DART

v t e Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Legend
Belfast–Dublin Main Line Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Howth Sutton Bayside Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf Road Fairview Depot River Tolka Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly   to Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to The Point Loopline Bridge over River Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill & Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove & Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (under construction) Bray Daly Greystones Dublin–Rosslare Main Line

From the inception of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) service in 1984 until its extension south to Greystones in 2000, Bray was the southern terminus, with a large number of sidings just south of the station for stabling trains. Although some DARTs now continue southwards to Greystones, the majority still terminate in Bray. Northbound DART services towards Howth and Malahide usually start from Bray, with some originating from Greystones. From Bray southbound the line becomes single track.

Other services

v t e Dublin to Rosslare
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Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Street railway works Grand Canal Dock Grand Canal Gasworks Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt St.) Woodbrook Halt 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

v t e South Eastern Commuter
Legend
Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (planned) Bray Greystones Kilcoole Wicklow Rathdrum Arklow Gorey Dublin–Rosslare Line

Bray is on the intercity Dublin-Rosslare and commuter Dundalk-Dublin-Arklow-Gorey routes, and all trains on these routes stop here. There are also commuter services that go to Maynooth from Bray stopping at Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock, Sydney Parade and all stations to Maynooth. They often run non-stop between Bray, Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Pearse, and freight and maintenance trains pass through Bray without stopping.

Station building and history

The station was opened on 10 July 1854, following the extension of the railway line south from Dalkey. The extension of the line around Bray Head to Greystones in 1855 was not accompanied by any additional works at Bray station, so from then until 1928 the station had one through platform serving both southbound through trains and northbound trains to both Harcourt Street, Westland Row (Pearse) and Amiens Street (Connolly). As suburban services from Dublin became more frequent, this made the station extremely difficult to work, even with the provision of a bay platform at the south end for shuttle services to Greystones.

v t e Harcourt Street Line
Legend
Year closed Harcourt Street 1958 Harcourt Road 1859 Grand Canal Rathmines & Ranelagh 1958 Milltown 1958 Nine Arches Viaduct over River Dodder Dundrum 1958 80m Stillorgan 1958 Stillorgan Rd. Foxrock 1958 Carrickmines 1958 Lehaunstown Ln. Bride's Glen Viaduct over Loughlinstown River Shankill 1958 Shanganagh Junct. Dublin-Rosslare line to Amiens Street Woodbrook 1960 Bray River Quinnsborough Rd. Bray Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Wexford and Waterford

Services to Harcourt Street ceased in 1959 with the closure of the Harcourt Street line.

It was given the name Daly on 10 April 1966, 50 years after the Easter Rising, when Córas Iompair Éireann renamed 15 major stations after Republican leaders. It is named in honour of Edward Daly, a leader in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Between the 1984 inauguration of DART and November 1990, a diesel shuttle train (initially a 201 class or 121 class locomotive with former AEC railcars converted to push–pull stock, later an 80 class train leased from Northern Ireland Railways) operated between Bray and Greystones, connecting with DART services.^[1] A similar service using a steam railmotor had operated briefly between 1906 and 1908.^[2]

The station houses a bar (closed), shop, coffee stall, ticket office, automated teller machine (ATM) and unheated public toilets. There is a staff room for drivers. Sheltered bicycle parking is located inside the station. Disabled access to platform 2 on the east side of the station is through a new gate on that side, but lifts are also provided on the footbridge. The redevelopment that saw the installation of these lifts were part of Iarnród Éireann's Dart Upgrade project in the early 2000s to improve stations and facilities on the DART line. In addition to the lifts, the distinctive pyramid-style glass roof over platform 2 was renovated, as was the main station building.

The ticket office is open between 07:00–10:00, Monday to Friday.^[3]

Platforms

Since it was rebuilt in 1928, the station has two main platforms; platform 1 on the west side of the station near the main entrance, and platform 2 over the footbridge on the east side of the station. Although platform 1 is generally used for northbound services and platform 2 for southbound services and terminating trains, the roles are frequently reversed so as to accommodate as many services as possible. Platform 3, the platform formerly used for the Greystones diesel shuttle, is very seldom used as it has no northbound capacity – it ends directly south of the station building. It is used for cleaning trains and occasionally for DART services to and from Greystones.

Picture series

One of the more distinctive elements of Bray Daly Station is the series of paintings on platform 2. Beginning with a painting of the opening ceremony in 1852, the series runs along the length of the platform, documenting both Irish history and Irish railway history up to the present day. Various carriages, locomotives, and characters can be seen in the pictures, including Oscar Wilde, British soldiers in 1916, James Joyce in the 1940s, a hippy couple in the 1960s, and the introduction of the DART service in 1984. Many of these panels were in need of repair as lime was seeping through the plaster. In 2008 the original artist began a mosaic replacement programme for the mural.

Road transport services

Directly outside the station are bus stops for Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland and Finnegan Bray routes:

Dublin Bus Routes:

• 84 / 84a – Newcastle to Blackrock, via Bray. This route provides a connection to the Luas Green Line terminus at Bride's Glen
• 155 – Bray Station to IKEA Dublin, via Dublin city centre

Go-Ahead Ireland routes:

• 45a / 45b – Kilmacanogue to Dun Laoghaire, via Bray Station
• 184 – Newtownmountkennedy to Bray Station, via Greystones
• 185 – Enniskerry to Bray Station

Finnegan Bray routes:

• 143 – Southern Cross to Sandyford Luas, via Bray Station
• 144 – Southern Cross to Bray Station

Bus Éireann routes:

• 131 – Bray Station to Wicklow Town, via Newtownmountkennedy and Ashford
• Bus Éireann also offer route 133 from Kilmacanogue, running from Dublin to Wicklow, which combined with 131 offer an every 30min frequency to Wicklow.

In addition, a number of bus services stop at Bray Main Street, located 600m from the station.

• Dublin Bus high-frequency route 145 from Ballywaltrim to Heuston Station, via Bray.
• Dublin Bus Nitelink route 84N from Dublin city centre to Greystones, via Bray (Fri & Sat only)
• Aircoach route 702 from Greystones to Dublin Airport, via Bray (Castle Street)
• St. Kevin's Bus from Dublin to Glendalough, via Bray (Old Town Hall)

There is also busy taxi rank outside the station, a large car park adjacent to the station, and a pickup lane for collecting passengers by car.

Gallery

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  Mural in Bray Daly Station
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  A panel representing every decade
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  Distinctive outline of Bray Head in the background

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

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