RAILSCOT | Church Road Junction

Church Road Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Church Road Junction (1877-)

Opened on the Drogheda Curve (Dublin and Drogheda Railway and London and North Western Railway).

Opened on the North Wall Extension (Great Southern and Western Railway).

Opened on the Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway.

Description

This was a complicated junction which gave several lines access to Dublin's North Wall quays..

Before the junction

1864
North Wall Extension (Midland Great Western Railway) Alignment opened through the site from Liffey Junction to North Wall Goods [MGWR]. This alignment curved from west to south to the immediate west of Church Road Junction.

1869
Drogheda Curve (Dublin and Drogheda Railway and London and North Western Railway) This short joint line ran through the side of the later formed junction, from East Wall Junction to North Wall [LNWR].

Junction formed

1877
North Wall Extension (Great Southern and Western Railway) A short connecting line was opened from West Road Junction (on the existing MGWR curve to the west) to Church Road Junction.

1878
Drogheda Curve (Dublin and Drogheda Railway and London and North Western Railway) Ownership of line split at the obvious boundary of Church Road Junction with the line to the north to East Wall Junction transferred to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway and the line to the south to North Wall [LNWR] transferred to the London and North Western Railway.

1886
North Wall Extension (Great Southern and Western Railway) Goods line to North Wall Goods [GSWR] opened east from Church Road Junction.

1901
Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway Approaching from the north this makes a junction with the short GSWR West Road Junction to Church Road Junction connecting line immediately north of the existing Church Road Junction.

09/01/2021

Dates

/ /1872	North Wall Extension (Great Southern and Western Railway) Act for line from Islandbridge Junction (close to Dublin Kingsbridge) to Glasnevin Junction (North Wall Extension (Midland Great Western Railway)) then following that line and a short link from West Road Junction to Church Road Junction (Drogheda Curve (Dublin and Drogheda Railway and London and North Western Railway)).
03/09/1877	North Wall Extension (Great Southern and Western Railway) Island Branch Junction to Church Road Junction and thus to Dublin North Wall [LNWR] opened, contractor T W Chester.
/05/1878	Drogheda Curve (Dublin and Drogheda Railway and London and North Western Railway) Line split between the Dublin and Drogheda Railway (East Wall Junction to Church Road Junction) and London and North Western Railway (Church Road Junction to Dublin North Wall [LNWR]).
/ /1886	North Wall Extension (Great Southern and Western Railway) Goods line opened east from Church Road Junction to North Wall Goods [GSWR] and 'The Point', east of Dublin North Wall [LNWR].
/ /1894	Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway Act for a line between Drumcondra Junction and Church Road Junction, and a curve from North Strand Junction to Dublin Amiens Street. This line follows an easier gradient than the parallel North Wall Extension (Midland Great Western Railway).
/ /1901	Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway Opened by the Great Southern and Western Railway from Drumcondra Junction to Church Road Junction with stations at Glasnevin and Drumcondra.