Kildare railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Station Road, Kildare, County Kildare, R51 AW63 Ireland | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°09′46″N 6°54′29″W / 53.162802°N 6.908111°W | ||||
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Bus routes | 1 | ||||
| Bus operators | TFI Local Link | ||||
| Connections | 883 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | KDARE | ||||
| Fare zone | E | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1846 | Station opened | ||||
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Kildare railway station is a railway station on the Dublin to Cork Railway line and Dublin commuter service.
It is also the changing-point for passengers to/from services to Waterford.
It has three tracks, one for through services and two platforms. As the first major station on the south- and west-bound line from Heuston station, it is served, or at least passed-through, by a large number of trains. It is also used by timber trains and container trains travelling between Waterford and County Mayo to run round.