Old Connolly Station entrance

Looks like they could have led to what's now Madigans

They just led to the general public concourse area.

They built newer ones.

The steps and an upward escalator from Amiens Street were removed when the station concourse got a complete makeover in the late 1990s to allow for a much larger and completely redesigned concourse area.

The old concourse was far smaller and very dark, gloomy and draughty.

The steps and escalator just led you to that concourse, there were more flights of steps upward out of shot - the single escalator was to the left of the steps in the photo, under the tower.

With the redesign of the concourse they needed to be removed as the space they used was now where the new pub (Oslo - now Madigan's) was being located.

The 1990s refurbishment resulted in the new glass canopy entrance at the top of the old ramp (the ramp was subsequently removed to allow for Connolly LUAS stop to be built), a much brighter and larger concourse, and a further entrance (via stairs, a lift and escalators) was provided via a new subway under the main station building which allows through access to/from the IFSC area, which wasn't possible before.

I can't find any photos of the old concourse, but I do remember it being depressingly dark, and that the new set up was a massive improvement.

Ah, I’d completely forgotten about the checkered floor in Heuston station as well. Would have been there a few times a year for our trip down west to my granny’s. A black and white one. Or am I misremembering and it was only in Connolly Station?

Very nostalgic memory of the smell from the station back too, then with the trains and the smoking and the newspapers.

Couple of photos I found online.

That’s the old suburban station entrance, further up Amiens Street, which is now converted to offices.

I was through it back in the day. Can't remember it much at all.

You are right. There was a road ramp up that led up to a road entrance for the station; a taxi rank sat here while the 90 bus had its terminus there for several years as well. The ramp was removed to make way for the Connolly Luas platforms in the 00's.

https://www.geograph.ie/photo/5215637

My bad - getting my left & right confused - the platforms are of course indeed to the LEFT!

It wasn't constructed and demolished "within a few years"; the ramp providing vehicular access to the concourse level was constructed in the 1870s and removed in 2004.

To be fair the LUAS Connolly stop allows for turnbacks and more intensive service where it is most needed, between Connolly and Heuston.