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Sydney Parade Railway Station is located at Sydney Parade Avenue in Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland. The alternative spelling Sidney Parade is also in common usage.It serves the southern end of Dublin 4, St Vincent's Hospital at Elm Park and the RTÉ Radio & Television studios at Montrose, Donnybrook. It has a bus connection with the University College of Dublin campus at Belfield.There is a level crossing at the northern end of the station.The ticket office is open between 06:00-00:00 AM, Monday to Friday. It is unmanned on Saturday and Sunday.HistoryThe station opened in January 1835 as a halt on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. In 1852 it was upgraded to a full station with the construction of shelters, stone platforms and a footbridge.The station was closed in 1960 and reopened in 1972.Literary referencesA crucial incident in the story "A Painful Case" by James Joyce (from his collection Dubliners) occurs here.The station is mentioned in the title of the bestselling book Should Have Got Off At Sydney Parade authored under the pen-name Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.