Straffan Station was on the Great Southern & Western Railway's main Dublin to Cork line, and had opened two years after the line itself in August 1848. Five years later, the third worst rail accident in Irish history occurred a quarter of a mile south of Straffan, when a goods train ran into the back of a stationary passenger train, causing eighteen deaths.[2][3]
A post office was built near the station in May 1872.[citation needed]
The station, which had up and down platforms, with a small station building on the up side, was closed by CIÉ in November 1947, but it remained a signalling block post.[4] The signal cabin at Straffan was closed however in 1976, after which the redundant station buildings became derelict and were demolished in the mid 1980s.[5]
References
^Fisheries, Ireland Dept of Agriculture and (2 August 1917). "Journal" – via Google Books.
^Government, Ireland Dept of the Environment and Local; Service, Ireland Dúchas, the Heritage; Service, Ireland Heritage; Heritage, Ireland National Inventory of Architectural (2 August 2002). An introduction to the architectural heritage of County Kildare. Dept. of the Environment & Local Govt. ISBN9780755712595 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
