Rosslare Strand railway station

Station in County Wexford, Ireland

52°16′18″N 6°23′29″W / 52.2718°N 6.3915°W / 52.2718; -6.3915Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeRLSTDFare zoneMHistoryOriginal companyFishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours CompanyPost-groupingGSRKey dates24 June 1882Opened, as Rosslare17 May 1889Closed6 August 1894Reopened18 September 2010Services to Waterford cease26 April 2014Station becomes unmanned
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Dublin to Rosslare
Legend
Year
closed
Dublin Connolly Luas
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
R. Liffey
Tara Street
Dublin Pearse
Grand Canal Dock
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Grand Canal Gasworks
Lansdowne Road
Lansdowne Road
Dublin Suburban Rail
Ballsbridge Showground
Passengers 1941
Goods 1971
Serpentine Avenue
Sandymount
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Sandymount
Sydney Parade
Sydney Parade
Dublin Suburban Rail
Merrion Gates
Merrion
1934
Booterstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Williamstown
1841
Blackrock
Dublin Suburban Rail
Seapoint
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Salthill and Monkstown
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Kingstown Harbour (west pier)
1837
Dún Laoghaire
Carlisle Pier
1980
Sandycove Cutting
Sandycove
and Glasthule
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Glenageary
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Dalkey (Atmospheric)
1854
Dalkey
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Killiney Hill Tunnel
Obelisk Hill
1858
Killiney
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
moved
1882
Ballybrack
1863
1882
Shankill
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
MP 11 (to Pearse)
1958
MP 11 (to Harcourt St.)
Woodbrook Halt
1960
Bray
Bray
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
Newcastle
1964
Wicklow Murrough
1976
R. Vartry
Wicklow
Rathnew
1964
M11 motorway
Glenealy
1964
Rathdrum
Avoca
1964
Woodenbridge Junction
1964
1945
Glenart platform
1925
(private halt for Earl Carysfort)
M11 motorway
Arklow
M11 motorway
Inch
1963
Gorey
M11 motorway
Camolin
1963
Ferns
1977
Enniscorthy
R. Slaney
Enniscorthy Tunnel
Edermine Ferry
1963
1963
Macmine Junction
1963
Killurin
1963
Killurin Tunnel
Ferrycarrig Tunnel
Wexford (Carcur)
1872
Wexford
Wexford South
1977
Felthouse Junction
1910
Limerick-Rosslare Line
2010
Rosslare Strand
Kilrane
1963
Rosslare Europort
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Limerick–Rosslare
Legend
Year
closed
Limerick Colbert
2009
Killonan
1963
Boher
1963
Dromkeen
1976
Pallas Grean
1963
Oola
1963
Limerick Junction
Tipperary
Bansha
1963
Cahir
Clonmel
1967
Kilsheelan
1963
Carrick-on-Suir
Fiddown and Portlaw
1855
Grange
1963
1967
Waterford West goods yard
Waterford Plunkett
to New Ross
1995
Campile
2010
Ballycullane
2010
Wellingtonbridge
2010
Duncormick
1976
Bridgetown
2010
Killinick
1976
Felthouse Junction
curve closed 1918
Dublin–
Rosslare Line
Rosslare Strand
Kilrane
1963
Rosslare Europort

Rosslare Strand railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Thrá Ros Láir) is in Rosslare Strand, County Wexford, Ireland. It is the junction of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line and the Limerick–Rosslare railway line, the Rosslare Strand to Waterford section of which is currently not in use.

Description

A ticket machine is provided at the entrance and there are shelters on the platforms. There is also a small car park currently free of charge to rail users. Since spring 2014 the station has been unstaffed and the ticket office, waiting room, and toilets are no longer open.[1]

There is full accessibility to the first platform, with access to the second platform via a wicket gate or footbridge.[2]

There are two platforms, one on the passing loop. The mothballed South Wexford section of the Limerick-Rosslare railway line can be accessed only via the second platform, the junction being on the passing loop.

Mothballing of Rosslare Europort to Waterford Rail Section

The final Rosslare Europort to Limerick passenger service ran on Saturday 18 September 2010,[3] which saw the mothballing of most of the Rosslare Europort to Waterford section of track, except for the Waterford to Belview section which is used several times a week by freight trains.

Replacement bus service to Waterford

The rail service to Wellingtonbridge and Waterford is replaced by a revised Bus Éireann route 370 which caters for those affected by the suspension of the railway service.[4] The bus stop is located on Strand Road in the centre of Rosslare Strand around five minutes on foot from the rail station.

History

The station opened, as Rosslare, on 24 June 1882. Renamed Rosslare Strand in 1906.[5]

Prior to track modifications in 1973 it was possible to access the Waterford line from both platforms.[6]

A signal cabin was at the Wexford end of the main platform.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 13 August 1974, two passenger trains were involved in a head-on collision at Rosslare Strand. Fifteen people were injured.[7]
The Railway Clearing House maps with the railways around Rosslare and further afield.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rosslare strand becoming unmanned".
  2. ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/accessibility Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Accessibility Website
  3. ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/general_news.asp?action=view&news_id=900[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Rosslare Strand" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Report of Inquiry into the collision that occurred at Rosslare Strand Station on 13th August, 1974" (PDF). RSC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  7. ^ Department of Transport and Power (March 1975). "REPORT OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED AT ROSSLARE STRAND STATION ON 13th AUGUST 1974" (PDF). The Stationery Office via Rail Accident Investigation Unit. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

External links

  • Irish Rail Rosslare Strand Station Website
Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station
Wexford
O'Hanrahan
  InterCity
Dublin-Rosslare railway line
  Rosslare
Europort
  Disused railways  
Bridgetown
Line and station closed
  InterCity
Limerick-Rosslare railway line
  Rosslare
Europort