 It is located in on the Dublin - Cork main line (the pre-Grouping Great Southern & Western Railway) and is served by South Western Commuter services.The former station, Cherry Orchard and Parkwest - originally simply called Cherry Orchard - opened on 16 May 1994.It was closed on 27 July 2008 as part of the "Kildare Route Project", a major upgrade of the Dublin-Cork main line as far as Hazelhatch.