Bray Daly railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Bray, Ireland}} {{more footnotes needed|date=November 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox station | name = Bray / Daly | native_name = Bré / Ó Dálaigh | native_name_lang = GA | symbol = rail | symbol_location = ie | type = | style = Iarnród Éireann | image = IMG BrayStation5396.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = An [[IE 29000 Class]] at Bray Daly station | alt = | other_name = | address = Florence Road, [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]] | borough = County Wicklow, A98 C8X4 | country = Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|53|12|15|N|6|6|1|W|display=inline,title}} | gridref = | elevation = | line = | connections = {{hlist | 45A | 45B | 131 | L1 | L2 | L12 | L14 | L15 }} | distance = | structure = At-grade | platform = 3 (only 2 see regular use) | levels = | tracks = 4 | bus_stands = | bus_operators = {{hlist | [[Bus Éireann]] | [[Dublin Bus]] | [[Go-Ahead Ireland|Go-Ahead]] }} | routes = | parking = Yes | bicycle = Yes | accessible = Yes | original = [[Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway]] | pregroup = [[Dublin and South Eastern Railway]] | postgroup = [[Great Southern Railways]] | prenational = | start = | end = | starting = | ending = | years = 1862 | events = Added walk link to [[Carlisle Grounds]] | years1 = 14 July 1924 | events1 = Station renamed "Bri Chualann (Bray)" | years2 = c.1930 | events2 = Station renamed "Bray" | years3 = 31 December 1958 | events3 = Services to Harcourt Street cease | years4 = 10 April 1966 | events4 = Station renamed "Bray Daly" | years5 = 2 December 1974 | events5 = Station closes to goods traffic | years6 = 1983 | events6 = Station upgraded | opened = 10 July 1854 (as "Bray") | closed = | rebuilt = | architect = | electrified = 1984 | code = BRAY | iata = | owned = [[Iarnród Éireann]] | operator = [[Iarnród Éireann]] | zone = [[Dublin Suburban Rail|Suburban 3]] | smartcardname = | smartcardstatus = | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services_collapsible = yes | services = | map_locator = | route_map = | map_state = }} '''Bray / Daly Railway Station''' (''Stáisiún Bhré / Uí Dhálaigh'' in Irish) is a station in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]] in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located adjacent to Bray seafront and is 600 m from Bray Main Street via Florence Road or Quinsborough Road.

Bray marks the end of the double track line from [[Dublin]] and is the end point for most suburban services, with train stabling facilities convenient to the station.

==Routes== ===DART=== {{Trans-Dublin railway|collapse=yes}} From the inception of the [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]] (DART) service in 1984 until its extension south to [[Greystones]] in 2000, Bray was the southern terminus, with a large number of sidings just south of the station for stabling trains. Although some DARTs now continue southwards to Greystones, the majority still terminate in Bray. Northbound DART services towards [[Howth]] and [[Malahide]] usually start from Bray, with some originating from Greystones. From Bray southbound the line becomes single track.

===Other services=== {{Dublin-Rosslare railway line|collapse=yes}} {{Dublin Suburban Rail South Eastern|collapse=yes}} Bray is on the intercity [[Dublin–Rosslare railway line|Dublin-Rosslare]] and commuter [[Dundalk]]-[[Dublin]]-[[Arklow]]-[[Gorey]] routes, and all trains on these routes stop here. There are also commuter services that go to Maynooth from Bray stopping at Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock, Sydney Parade and all stations to Maynooth. They often run non-stop between Bray, [[Dún Laoghaire|Dun Laoghaire]] and [[Dublin Pearse railway station|Dublin Pearse]], and freight and maintenance trains pass through Bray without stopping.

==Station building and history== The station was opened on 10 July 1854, following the extension of the railway line south from [[Dalkey]]. The extension of the line around [[Bray Head]] to [[Greystones]] in 1855 was not accompanied by any additional works at Bray station, so from then until 1928 the station had one through platform serving both southbound through trains and northbound trains to both [[Harcourt Street station|Harcourt Street]], [[Dublin Pearse railway station|Westland Row (Pearse)]] and [[Connolly station|Amiens Street (Connolly)]]. As suburban services from Dublin became more frequent, this made the station extremely difficult to work, even with the provision of a bay platform at the south end for shuttle services to Greystones.

{{Harcourt Street railway line RDT|collapse=yes}} Services to Harcourt Street ceased in 1959 with the closure of the [[Harcourt Street railway line|Harcourt Street line]].

It was given the name Daly on 10 April 1966, 50 years after the [[Easter Rising]], when [[Córas Iompair Éireann]] renamed 15 major stations after [[Irish republicanism|Republican]] leaders. It is named in honour of [[Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary)|Edward Daly]], a leader in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Between the 1984 inauguration of DART and November 1990, a diesel shuttle train (initially a [[CIE 201 Class|201 class]] or [[CIE 121 Class|121 class]] locomotive with former [[CIÉ 2600 Class|AEC railcars]] converted to push–pull stock, later an [[NIR 80 Class|80 class]] train leased from [[Northern Ireland Railways]]) operated between Bray and Greystones, connecting with DART services.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Whistler|first=A.J.|date=January 1995|title=Greystones Shuttle|journal=Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society|volume=19|issue=127|pages=54–67}}</ref> A similar service using a steam [[railmotor]] had operated briefly between 1906 and 1908.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Collins|first=Michael|date=June 2008|title=Irish steam rail-motors and railcars|journal=Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society|volume=23|issue=166|pages=272–91}}</ref>

The station houses a bar (closed), shop, coffee stall, ticket office, [[automated teller machine]] (ATM) and unheated public toilets. There is a staff room for drivers. Sheltered bicycle parking is located inside the station. Disabled access to platform 2 on the east side of the station is through a new gate on that side, but lifts are also provided on the footbridge. The redevelopment that saw the installation of these lifts were part of [[Iarnród Éireann]]'s ''Dart Upgrade'' project in the early 2000s to improve stations and facilities on the DART line. In addition to the lifts, the distinctive pyramid-style glass roof over platform 2 was renovated, as was the main station building.

The ticket office is open between 07:00–10:00, Monday to Friday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bray Daly |url=https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/station/bray-daly |access-date=29 August 2023 |website=Iarnród Éireann}}</ref>

===Platforms=== Since it was rebuilt in 1928, the station has two main platforms; platform 1 on the west side of the station near the main entrance, and platform 2 over the footbridge on the east side of the station. Although platform 1 is generally used for northbound services and platform 2 for southbound services and terminating trains, the roles are frequently reversed so as to accommodate as many services as possible. Platform 3, the platform formerly used for the Greystones diesel shuttle, is very seldom used as it has no northbound capacity – it ends directly south of the station building. It is used for cleaning trains and occasionally for DART services to and from Greystones.

===Picture series=== One of the more distinctive elements of Bray Daly Station is the series of paintings on platform 2. Beginning with a painting of the opening ceremony in 1852, the series runs along the length of the platform, documenting both [[Irish history]] and [[History of rail transport in Ireland|Irish railway history]] up to the present day. Various carriages, locomotives, and characters can be seen in the pictures, including [[Oscar Wilde]], [[British armed forces|British soldiers]] in 1916, [[James Joyce]] in the 1940s, a hippy couple in the 1960s, and the introduction of the [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]] service in 1984. Many of these panels were in need of repair as lime was seeping through the plaster. In 2008 the original artist began a [[mosaic]] replacement programme for the [[mural]].

==Road transport services== Directly outside the station are bus stops for [[Dublin Bus]] and [[Go-Ahead Ireland]].

[[Go-Ahead Ireland]] routes: * 45a / 45b – [[Kilmacanogue]] to [[Dún Laoghaire|Dun Laoghaire]], via Bray Station * 184 – [[Newtownmountkennedy]] to Bray Station, via [[Greystones]] * 185 – [[Enniskerry]] to Bray Station

[[Bus Éireann]] routes: * 131 – Bray Station to [[Wicklow|Wicklow Town]], via Newtownmountkennedy and Ashford * ''Bus Éireann also offer route 133 from Kilmacanogue, running from Dublin to Wicklow, which combined with 131 offer an every 30min frequency to Wicklow.''

In addition, a number of bus services stop at Bray Main Street, located 600m from the station.

[[Dublin Bus]] * Route E1 from Ballywaltrim to Northwood *Dublin Bus Nitelink route 84N from Dublin city centre to Greystones, via Bray (Fri & Sat only) * [[Aircoach]] route 702 from Greystones to [[Dublin Airport]], via Bray (Castle Street) * [http://www.glendaloughbus.com/ St. Kevin's Bus] from Dublin to [[Glendalough]], via Bray (Old Town Hall)

There is also busy [[taxi rank]] outside the station, a large car park adjacent to the station, and a pickup lane for collecting passengers by car.

==Gallery== <gallery class="left"> Image:IMG BrayStationMural5412w.jpg|Mural in Bray Daly Station Image:IMG MuralBrayStation5408w.jpg|A panel representing every decade Image:IMGBrayStation 5393w.jpg|Distinctive outline of [[Bray Head]] in the background </gallery>

==See also== * [[List of railway stations in Ireland]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Bray Daly Station}} * [http://www.irishrail.ie/Bray%20(Daly) Bray Daly Station – Official Iarnród Éireann webpage]

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