The construction contract was awarded to William Dargan, with Charles Blacker Vignoles as engineer. The position of clerk/secretary was awarded to Thomas Fleming Bergin who with his engineering background effectively controlled the operation of the railway. James Pim was appointed Treasurer in May 1832 and effectively functioned as General Manager. A key appointment was James Pim (Junior) as secretary and Murray notes his "great natural ability, tact, energy, and a valuable business experience". Ī meeting of D&KR subscribers on 25 November 1831 at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce included the submission of a long report which indicated that Westland Row was to be the Dublin terminus and that the enterprise was initially to focus on passenger traffic with a high train frequency.
A fresh bill received Royal assent on 6 September 1831. A bill was presented and was progressing but was scuppered by a prorogation of parliament and an election. James Pim took the initiative and commissioned a plan by Alexander Nimmo which was supported by other businessmen and presented as a petition to the House of Commons on 28 February 1831 for a rail line from near Trinity College to the west pier at the Royal Harbour of Kingstown under a company to be known as the D&KR. Proposals for canal or rail infrastructure links to Dublin were variously proposed through to the 1830s. The name Kingstown was adopted after King George IV departed from the harbour in 1821. History Beginnings ġ817 had seen the beginning of the construction of a new harbour at Dunleary village that soon began to attract traffic due to silting problems elsewhere around Dublin Bay. The D&WR had formerly been known as the Waterford, Wicklow, Wexford and Dublin Railway ( As of 1974, its independent existence of over 90 years by a railway company was only exceeded in the British Isles by the Great Western Railway and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. On 30 June 1856 the Dublin and Wicklow Railway (D&WR) took over operation of the line from the D&KR with the D&KR continuing to lease out the line. The D&KR was also notable for a number of other achievements besides being Ireland's first passenger railway: it operated an atmospheric railway for ten years claimed the first use of a passenger tank engine was the world's first commuter railway and was the first railway company to build its own locomotives. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour ( Dún Laoghaire) in County Dublin. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), which opened in 1834, was Ireland’s first passenger railway. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge As built
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