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 operators | TFI Local Link | ||||
| Connections | 883 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | KDARE | ||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1846 | ||||
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Kildare railway station is a railway station in Kildare along the Dublin to Cork main line, and is served by Dublin commuter services as well as intercity services from Dublin station to Limerick, Galway, Westport, Waterford, and Tralee.
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.