It was a warm summer’s morning. The wooden benches, now replaced by metal seats at Bray railway station, felt cold as I waited for the DART. I glanced across the platform. Many mosaics depicting people since the opening of the Bray station in 1854 were displayed along the wall, including one of William Dargan, the railway engineer.  There were also a few present day billboards. Soon the sound of the gates closing off the road at the railway crossing signalled the train’s arrival.

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