An early artists impression of Baldoyle Bridge and train station
The nondescript plot of land you see below once contained one of the original stations built in 1844 by the Dublin & Drogheda Railway, who opened their line between the city and Drogheda in the same year. Baldoyle Station was located on the up side of the line and would have had wooden platforms like many other early D&DR stops. When the Howth branch opened in 1846 it too served the Baldoyle area, and this station was largely replaced by a newer station at Sutton. Although Baldoyle Station closed in 1848, the station building survived for many years after, though much altered, until the late 1980's when it was demolished. The adjacent 1844 built road humpbacked bridge was also replaced by a modern concrete structure in the late 1990's to serve the new Baldoyle Road. The remaining railway cottages were demolished, access was blocked by the raised bridge and the area became permanently cut off. Today no trace of the station remains.
Foot traffic on the bridge is high at certain times, so please watch out for muggles! I would not advise parking on the bridge. Try a little further west or Grange Abbey Grove.