Limerick railway station

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Limerick to Ennis Line
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Limerick to Rosslare Line
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Limerick Railway Station (also called Colbert Station) serves the city of Limerick in County Limerick. It is located on Parnell Street in the City. It is the main station on the Limerick Suburban Rail network.

The station was opened on 28 August 1858, replacing an earlier, temporary station 500 m further east, which had operated from 9 May 1848.^[1] It was built by the Waterford and Limerick Railway company (W&LR) which ran the first train, as far as Tipperary on Tuesday, 9 May 1848, with three intermediate stations of Killonan, Pallasgreen and Oola (all since closed). Two months later the company GS&WR connected their Dublin-Cork line with W&LR at Limerick Junction, near Tipperary. This work was carried out at the height of the Irish Potato Famine resulting in extreme financial difficulties for the company.

Originally named simply "Limerick", the station was given the name Colbert on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of Cornelius Colbert, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

The station is the terminus of the Limerick-Dublin and Limerick-Waterford lines. Connections for Cork can be made at Limerick Junction. The Limerick-Sligo line is operational to Ennis only, however, it is planned to be reopened on a phased basis between 2008-14.

The direct line to Cork, and the North Kerry line to Tralee were dismantled during the 20th Century.

Bus Eireann's Limerick depot is located on the same site, offering Intercity, Express and Eurolines services.

[edit] Trivia

Parts of the video for the Westlife song, My Love were filmed at Colbert Station. ^[2]

[edit] See also

• Limerick Suburban Rail
• Great Southern and Western Railway
• History of rail transport in Ireland

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Terminus		Intercity Limerick-Rosslare Line		Limerick Junction
Terminus		Intercity Dublin-Limerick via Thurles		Thurles
Terminus		Commuter Limerick-Nenagh		Castleconnell
Terminus		Commuter Limerick Shuttle		Limerick Junction
Ennis		Commuter Limerick-Ennis		Terminus

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