Shankill railway station (DW&WR)

Shankill railway station was a station on the Harcourt Street railway line. It served the suburb of Shankill, in County Dublin, Ireland.

History
Shankill was opened by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) on 10 July 1854 as part of the Harcourt Street line, initially Dundrum to Bray. It is situated on Station Road some 650 metres south-west of the current Shankill station. The next station to the south was Woodbrook Halt while to the north lay the Bride's Glen Viaduct and beyond that Carrickmines station. The station had a siding behind the southbound platform which served ore trucks from Glendalough, County Wicklow (which were transported to Rathdrum by horse and cart) for the Ballycorus Leadmines until its closure in 1913. In later years the siding was used for local goods traffic and horse boxes.

It has been noted the fastest timetabled run on the DW&WR in the 1880s was the 5.10 pm from Harcourt Street which was scheduled to achieve the 9+3/4 miles to Shankill in 20 minutes at a rate of 29+1/4 mph

Closure
The Harcourt Street line had declined in use throughout the early 20th century and was becoming rundown in the 1940s and 50s. The station was closed by CIÉ with the closure of the whole line from Harcourt Street on 31 December 1958, much to objection from the local community.

The site today
The station building remains and facade was covered up during construction of the Shankill Business Centre during the 1970s. It still survives today as Station House and is a part of the business centre. A new Shankill station was opened in 1977 at Corbawn Lane on the coastal line from Pearse to Bray and is served by the DART.

Gallery
 Image:Bride's glen viaduct.JPG|Bride's glen viaduct to the north of the station 