Connolly suburban entrance

There's some work going on at the old suburban entrance in Connolly at the moment. The shutters are up so I got a rare glimpse inside!

end of the road

maybe they have finaly saw sense and are going to reopen it?

BowWow

Passed this yesterday. There was a sign up for a motorbike shop?

Not much to see because I couldn't be too intrusive but here you go:

lord lucan

BowWow wrote: »

Passed this yesterday. There was a sign up for a motorbike shop?

GP Motorcycles used to have a place in one of the arches under the station adjacent to the old suburban entrance. They closed a couple of years ago.

dregin

We asked lads working on it months back and they said the entrance to the station was being re-opened.

L1011

dregin wrote: »

We asked lads working on it months back and they said the entrance to the station was being re-opened.

Only about eight years late.

Zero need for it to be manned now - few TVMs and Leap readers, and a sign telling people where the manned gates are.

CaptainFreedom

Given the 'dregs of society' that populate the area outside the entrance, I cant see re-opening being a great idea

loyatemu

CaptainFreedom wrote: »

Given the 'dregs of society' that populate the area outside the entrance, I cant see re-opening being a great idea

its only 100 yards from the main entrance on the same street.

n97 mini

loyatemu wrote: »

its only 100 yards from the main entrance on the same street.

Less. It's closer to 50.

highdef

Both wrong.....it's around 150 yards. BTW, who uses yards as a measurement these days???? Bar loyatemu and n97 mini, of course??? I suppose imperial is still used on the railways so I have to accept defeat there :P

Still, it's not much of a distance either way but if helps anyone coming from areas east of Connolly. When I was a child, I would never pass through the main station, always through the suburban entrance/exit. I guess if they install escalators where the stairs where in the old area, it could prove a lot more convenient for elderly and lazy people of which this country has way too many of......lazy people, not elderly!!!

CiDeRmAn

It serves as testament to his long it's been since I regularly took a train.
That was in the mid to late 90s and that entrance was open!

loyatemu

highdef wrote: »

Both wrong.....it's around 150 yards. BTW, who uses yards as a measurement these days???? Bar loyatemu and n97 mini, of course??? I suppose imperial is still used on the railways so I have to accept defeat there :P

if you want to stick with the railway lingo - its about 6 chains

Hilly Bill

Its being done up as an emergency exit.

dregin

Boo.

dregin

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Its being done up as an emergency exit.

Are ya sure about this? They really are going to an awful lot of effort just for an emergency exit. With the Irish Water offices opening directly across the road, I would have thought there would be quite a bit of demand for it.

Hilly Bill

dregin wrote: »

Are ya sure about this? They really are going to an awful lot of effort just for an emergency exit. With the Irish Water offices opening directly across the road, I would have thought there would be quite a bit of demand for it.

Yes.

RGDATA!

where is this? often through Connolly but can't think where ye're talking about

RGDATA!

RGDATA! wrote: »

where is this? often through Connolly but can't think where ye're talking about

https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.352601,-6.249032&spn=0.004143,0.011362&om=1&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.3525,-6.249139&panoid=fcOerrAXFTRWfmE1JKc8vQ&cbp=12,97.24,,1,3

Hilly Bill

RGDATA! wrote: »

where is this? often through Connolly but can't think where ye're talking about

Its down by the shop thats down the steps leading to Platforms 6 and 7.

Banjoxed

dregin wrote: »

Are ya sure about this? They really are going to an awful lot of effort just for an emergency exit. With the Irish Water offices opening directly across the road, I would have thought there would be quite a bit of demand for it.

Make the feckers walk the long way round!

dregin

Banjoxed wrote: »

Make the feckers walk the long way round!

I don't care about them. More interested in the fact that it takes 5/6 minutes to get to the platform that's ~15 metres from my desk

January

If people were to enter/exit from the suburban entrance where does it leave them on the platforms?

TheBandicoot

There's a door in the underpass next to the shop, that's where. You know when you are leaving platform 6/7 and after descending the ramp you need to turn left, past the shop and up the stairs? If you instead carry straight on there is a (currently locked)door that leads to the staircase to the entrance.

end of the road

wasn't their another exit where you went straight in a door from the street go straight up some stairs and you came out at platform 4? at the end it became a temperory staircase before it seem to be no more, anyone remember this entrance or am i mixing it up with another entrance?

dregin

end of the road wrote: »

wasn't their another exit where you went straight in a door from the street go straight up some stairs and you came out at platform 4? at the end it became a temperory staircase before it seem to be no more, anyone remember this entrance or am i mixing it up with another entrance?

Think we're talking about the same one.

end of the road

dregin wrote: »

Think we're talking about the same one.

i had thought that all right, but i suppose with all the refurbishing/remodeling of connolly that entrance is all very different now

January

It's no longer used as an entrance.

Hilly Bill

dregin wrote: »

I don't care about them. More interested in the fact that it takes 5/6 minutes to get to the platform that's ~15 metres from my desk

Is that the place that has a sign saying that they are hiring?

dregin

Haha, I actually had to go check, but yes - that sign's in our window

cgcsb

Karsini wrote: »

https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.352601,-6.249032&spn=0.004143,0.011362&om=1&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.3525,-6.249139&panoid=fcOerrAXFTRWfmE1JKc8vQ&cbp=12,97.24,,1,3

If you look across the other side of the street on that streetview map, you can see the gardaí addressing a disturbance at the booze2go

D.L.R.

This should definitely be opened as a proper exit. If you're coming from the north/west you would save 200m walking distance to the dart platforms. That's not negligible.

This is one of Dublin's main stations, it should be as accessible as possible.

dregin

A sneaky shot of what lies beyond the shuttering.

lord lucan

dregin wrote: »

A sneaky shot of what lies beyond the shuttering.

That brings back some memories,thanks for that.