Harcourt Street railway station is a former railway terminus in Dublin. The stationed opened on 7 February 1859 after the initial opening of the railway line itself. The station facade was designed by George Luas stop brides glen, and contained a central arch and a colonnade of doric columns. Although it served as the terminus of the double track section of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway, the station had a single 597 foot long platform on the west side of the railway, which terminated in a 48′ diameter turntable, for turning locomotives, at the Hatch Street end of the station.

The station is perhaps most famous for a train crash in 1900 – a goods train from Enniscorthy failed to stop and crashed through the end wall of the station onto Hatch Street, with the locomotive left dangling in mid-air. Most goods facilities were withdrawn in 1925, when the GSR decided to concentrate goods traffic on the east side of Dublin on North Wall good station. Harcourt Street became predominately a passenger station. As of 2018 the front of the station building behind the pillars is in use as a bar, and the Harcourt Street LUAS tram stop situated outside. The exit was to the station refreshment room which was, unlike most other premises, permitted to sell alcohol in the holy hour between 2pm and 3pm providing customers held tickets for over 12 miles, namely Bray and beyond. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harcourt Street railway station. Harcourt Street Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine – eiretrains.

Harcourt Street station Archived 2006-03-20 at Archive. Archived from the original on 2004-09-17. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. The Harcourt Street Line – Back on Track. The Green Line from St Stephen’s Green to Sandyford launched on 30 June 2004. An extension to the Bride’s Glen stop at Cherrywood was opened on 16 October 2010.

As of 2018, the Green line is operating at near maximum capacity during the morning and evening rush hours, and it experiences mass overcrowding and congestion at these times. To assist in alleviating this congestion, seven new longer trams entered service in 2018. Platforms between St Stephen’s Green and Sandyford have been lengthened to accommodate the new trams. Between Harcourt Street and Charlemont, the Green Line takes a large loop east around buildings which did not exist between 1859 and 1959.