Kilcoole railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chill Chomghaill) is a railway station in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. The station serves the village of the same name and the nearby village of Newtownmountkennedy.

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Kilcoole Cill Chomhghaill
Entrance to Kilcoole railway station
General information
Location	Sea Road, Kilcoole, County Wicklow Ireland
Coordinates	53°6′23″N 6°2′28″W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	15
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KCOOL, 139
Fare zone	Suburban 5
History
Electrified	No
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
30 October 1855	Opened, as Kilcool and Newtownmountkennedy
1880	Renamed Kilcool
1890	The original platform, seaward side, washed away by sea
9 June 1947	Goods services cease
30 March 1964	Closed
8 June 1980	Reopened as Kilcoole

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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
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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

The station has one through platform and is unstaffed, has no ticket machine or toilet and is not wheelchair accessible.

The station is one of the least served on the whole Irish Rail network,^{[citation needed]} with only a handful of trains per day. These include, on weekdays, four trains per day to Dublin Connolly (with one continuing to Dundalk) two to Rosslare Europort, one train to Wexford and one train to Gorey.^[1] On Saturdays there are four trains to Connolly, (with one continuing to Dundalk) and three to Rosslare Europort.^[1] On Sundays and bank holidays there are three trains in each direction.^[1]

The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Kilcool.^[2] The station was closed in 1964 due to a lack of resources or use. It reopened on 2 November 1980, renamed Kilcoole.

The station is located on Kilcoole Beach, right beside the coastline. Kilcoole village is 1.6 km from the station, while Newtownmountkennedy is 6 km from the station.

There is no public road transport to or from the station. The nearest bus stop is at Beechdale, located 900m from the station which is served by Dublin Bus routes 84/84a (Newcastle to Blackrock, via Bray Station) and 84X (Newcastle to Dublin, via UCD).^{[citation needed]}

There is a free car-park, located to the west of the station's platform.

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