Irish Railway Architecture

The sugar-high from Donabate spurred me on to my next stop: Rush and Lusk. Sounding like an overpriced bar of soap, the railway station serves the villages of Rush to the east and Lusk to the west. Perhaps they should merchandise some station-scented bars? The station opened on the original Dublin and Drogheda Railway line in 1844, though I am hesitant in saying that the station and its buildings were constructed at this time. There are features of pre- and post-GNR architecture, so I am more inclined to view Rush and Lusk as a composite of eras and companies. Rush and Lusk Station, January 1982 by Colm O'Brien Stepping onto the platform my first whiff of GNR architecture manifests in the signal cabin. Now subsumed by the platform, it once stood on its own, the gobbled-up lower-storey demonstrating the familiar semi-arch brick entry base and slatted-wooden top. Again painted a forlorn-grey (it is out of service) archive photographs show a once handsomely functional cabin: E...