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    The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), which opened in 1834, was Ireland's first passenger railway. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour...
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    DSER was the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, which was authorised in 1831 and opened in 1834 – the first public railway in Ireland. The Kingstown – Dalkey section...
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    class) and a shilling (first class). The journey took 15 minutes in 1837. The railway established Kingstown as a preferred suburb of Dublin and led to...
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    Station, the city terminus of the Dublin & Kingstown Railway (D&KR), serving Blackrock and the West Pier Kingstown Harbour.[citation needed][citation...
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    Atmospheric Railway (unofficial opening 19 August 1843, official opening 29 March 1844 – 12 April 1854) was an extension of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR)...
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    line, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway) it was not until 1834 that the first railway was built, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR) between Westland...
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    Bray, County Wicklow (category Towns and villages in County Wicklow)
    century, Bray's popularity as a seaside resort was serviced by the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, which was extended to Bray in 1854. During the late 20th century...
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  • Dublin and Drogheda Railway; Nos. 24 to 41 from the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway; Nos. 43 to circa 78 from the Irish North Western Railway and...
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    oldest railway line in Ireland, and the first commuter railway in the world, opening in 1834. It was then known as the Dublin & Kingstown Railway. At that...
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    It is unstaffed on Saturday and Sunday. The station opened in January 1835, as a halt on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. In 1852, it was upgraded to...
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    as Kingstown, was situated some 0.5 miles (0.80 km) closer to Dublin at the West Pier near to or at the present-day Salthill and Monkstown railway station...
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    part of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Ireland's first railway. This line was later connected with the Belfast mainline to the north and Wexford mainline...
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  • establishment and operation of the first passenger railway in Ireland, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), and the first commercial atmospheric railway in the...
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    construction of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Lord Cloncurry was compensated with, among other things, a private railway bridge and harbour. Maretimo...
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    Galway city. County Dublin has the oldest and most extensive transportation infrastructure in Ireland. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, opened in December...
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    south Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is on the coast, between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire while also bordering Sallynoggin and Deansgrange...
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    stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland. The station is fully accessible and has two through...
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    became 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Ireland became 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) – Dublin and Kingstown Railway Australia became 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) – Victoria & South Australia...
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  • the first public railway in Ireland, opens between Westland Row, Dublin (modern-day Dublin Pearse railway station) and Kingstown (modern-day Dún Laoghaire)...
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  • D&KR Burgoyne Class (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1845)
    was the class lead for a set of four locomotives built by the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR) in their own Grand Canal Street works from 1845. Following...
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  • civil engineer and early Irish railway official. He was the Company Clerk of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), the first public railway in Ireland...
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    Gresham Hotel (category Hotels in Dublin (city))
    opposition to a bill for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR) extension to Dalkey, spending £1,200 in the process and being awarded a silver plate...
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    Hibernia (locomotive) (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1834)
    locomotive designed by Richard Roberts and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR). The locomotive had vertical...
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  • D&KR Princess Class (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1841)
    the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR) in their own Grand Canal Street works from 1841. Princess was both the first locomotive built in Ireland and the...
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    completion of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway line. It closed in 1935. Johnson, Stephen (1997). Johnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland. Midland...
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  • Dodds Horsley Star (locomotive) (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1833)
    (15 October 2015). Steaming to Kingstown and Sucking Up to Dalkey: The Story of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. Dublin: Londubh Books. ISBN 978-1907535772...
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    at differing levels; and the third section dealt with level crossings of an atmospheric railway. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway opened in 1834 connecting...
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    similar locomotives (Britannia, Manchester, and Hibernia) were built in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. Although they were relatively fast, the...
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    the Dublin and Kingstown, was built to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (later known as standard gauge). The Ulster Railway (UR), taking the Irish Railway Commission's...
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  • U536.3 Failure of bread Duffy, S (2005). The Concise History of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 9780717138104. Annals of the Four Masters - Part...
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