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Interior of the station looking towards the track area in 2018 Ticketing area in 2018. Heuston Station, (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən; Irish: Stáisiún Heuston; formerly Kingsbridge Station) also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Dublin's largest railway stations and links the capital with the south, southwest and west of Ireland.
Although Dublin Heuston is the terminus, the line connects to Dublin Connolly via the Phoenix Park Tunnel. This route is used for both passenger and freight services, as well as rolling stock movements to the main Iarnród Éireann works at Inchicore, just south of Heuston.
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At this point, services ran from Broadstone station in Dublin via Mullingar. However, the GSWR route reached Athlone in 1859, which gave a second route from Kingsbridge station. Following the rationalisation of the railway network by Córas Iompair Éireann, the GSWR route was made the main route from Dublin to the west coast after 1973.
InterCity services from Dublin operate from two main stations: Dublin Heuston - Heuston Station is the terminus for services to the south and west of Ireland. Services from Heuston operate to Cork, Galway, Waterford, Tralee, Westport and Limerick. Dublin Connolly - Connolly Station is the terminus for services to the east and north-west of Ireland.
An Iarnród Éireann 29000 Class DMU (29109) at Dublin Connolly Dublin Suburban Rail Map (proposed network).. The Dublin Suburban Rail (Irish: Iarnród Bruachbhailteach Baile Átha Cliath) network, branded as Commuter, is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, most of the Greater Dublin Area and outlying towns.
The Liffey Railway Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the River Liffey near Heuston railway station in Dublin in Ireland. It is a wrought iron box truss structure, and joins lines from Heuston Station to Connolly Station through the Phoenix Park Tunnel .
The Phoenix Park Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Dublin, Ireland. The tunnel was built in 1877 and begins at the Liffey Railway Bridge near Heuston Station, running underneath the Phoenix Park for 757 yards (692 m) before re-emerging close to the junction of the Infirmary Road and North Circular Road. [1]