Wexford railway station

Wexford O'Hanrahan railway station is a railway station located in Wexford Town in County Wexford, Ireland.

Dublin to Rosslare
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly for Dublin Airport Luas Red Line   R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse for Dublin Airport Grand Canal Street railway works 1925 Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Mallin Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt St.) Woodbrook Halt 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole (limited service) Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

Wexford O'Hanrahan Loch Garman Ó hAnnrachain
22053 at Wexford station in November 2012
Location	Redmond Square, Wexford, County Wexford, Y35 FC62 Ireland
Coordinates	52.343333°N 6.464167°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Bus routes	132 370 385
Bus operators	Bus Éireann Wexford Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	WXFRD
Fare zone	L
History
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
17 August 1874	Station opens
1966	Renamed Wexford O'Hanrahan Station

Description

The station is part of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line. It is staffed and fully accessible.

It consists of a single platform and passing loop.

It had sidings, used in recent years by occasional permanent way trains. With the coming of the mini-CTC signalling system in April 2008, a passing loop was installed at the Dublin end of the station.

Onward bus services

Thirteen Bus Éireann local bus routes serve the station:[1] 11 routes terminate, and rail replacement route 370 to/from Wellingtonbridge and Campile and route 132 to Dublin via Carnew, Baltinglass and Tallaght call. Routes 370 and 385 (to Rosslare Strand) operate Mondays to Saturdays: the other routes operate on one or two days of the week, provide links to rural hamlets and villages such as Broadway,[2] Crossabeg,[3] Curracloe,[4] Fethard-on-Sea,[5] Kilmuckridge[6] and Tacumshane.[7] The bus stop is at the front of the station.

Wexford Bus provides four local bus routes, all operating Monday to Saturday inclusive. They link to Castlebridge, Kilmore Quay via Bridgetown and Rosslare Strand. There is also a route serving different areas in the town.[8] The stops are on Redmond Square.

History

The station opened on 17 August 1874.[9] It was given the name O'Hanrahan on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=247##Wexford
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387060-380.pdf
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. http://wexfordbus.com/
9. "Wexford station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

External links

• Irish Rail webpage of Wexford station

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Enniscorthy		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line		Rosslare Strand