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Bri Chualann (Bray)

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Bray (1854-1925)
Bri Chualann (Bray) (1925-)

Opened on the Dublin and Wicklow Railway.

Description

This is a three platform station - two through platforms with three tracks between them (middle track is a bypass) and a bay platform at the south end.

The main building is on the northbound platform. There is a large canopy on the southbound platform. There are stock holding sidings to the south.

Opened as a single platform station. It was not until 1927 that a second platform was added.

Dates

10/07/1854	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Dublin Harcourt Road to Shanganagh Junction [1st] to Bray opened. Dublin Harcourt Road, Dundrum, Stillorgan, Carrickmines, Shankill [1st], Bray opened. Contractor William Dargan.
/ /1855	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Shanganagh Junction [1st] to Bray doubled.
/ /1855	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Line extended from Bray south to Wicklow [1st]. (The first portion runs on clifftops along the coast to Delgany. The route was to avoid Bray Head.) Contractor William Dargan.
/ /1877	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Shanganagh Junction [1st] remodelled. Additional track laid from the Kingstown line to allow independent access to Bray.
/10/1915	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Deviation to the west opened between Killiney and Ballybrack and Bray, including a new Shanganagh Junction [2nd]. Woodbrook Halt [1st] closed and Woodbrook Halt [2nd] opened on deviation. The deviation was double track and north from the junction to Ballybrack [2nd] was doubled.
/ /1925	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bray renamed Bri Chualann (Bray).
/ /1927	Dublin and Wicklow Railway Second platform provided at Bri Chualann (Bray).

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