Arklow railway station
Arklow An tInbhear Mór  | |
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 Arklow Station looking North in 2008 | |
| Location |
Arklow Republic of Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°47′38″N 6°9′35″W / 52.79389°N 6.15972°WCoordinates: 52°47′38″N 6°9′35″W / 52.79389°N 6.15972°W |
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 144 |
| Key dates | |
| 16 November 1863 | Station opens |
Arklow railway station (Irish: Stáisiún an Inbhir Mór) is a railway station in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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History
The Station opened on 16 November 1863.[1]
Opened by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway the station was part of the Great Southern and Western Railway then absorbed into the Great Southern Railway by the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924.
The station passed to Coras Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945, then to Iarnród Éireann in 1986.
As with other stations between Wicklow and Rosslare Europort, semaphore signalling and ETS operation ceased here in April 2008. A colour-light signal existed here in semaphore days, having been installed in 1977.[2]
Accidents and incidents
- On 3 October 1979, a passenger train and a freight train were involved in a head-on collision. Twenty-nine people were injured.[3]
Description
Waiting facilities include three covered shelters, one on platform 1 and two on platform 2. There is a waiting room next to the ticket office in the station building on platform 1. A pay-and-display carpark is in the former goods yard, with capacity for 150 vehicles and a covered bicycle parking area.
The station is staffed full-time.
It has two platforms, one on the passing loop.
Services/Routes
The service from the station is:
Monday to Friday
- 5tpd (trains per day) to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
- 4tpd to Rosslare Europort
- 1tpd to Wexford O'Hanrahan
Saturdays
- 4tpd to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
- 3tpd to Rosslare Europort
Sundays
- 3tpd to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly
- 3tpd to Rosslare Europort
| Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann |
Following station | ||
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| Rathdrum | InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line |
Gorey | ||
| Commuter South Eastern Commuter |
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Woodenbridge | Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare |
Inch | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Arklow station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
- ↑ "Report of Inquiry into the Railway Accident on the CIE Railway at Arklow Co. Wicklow on 3rd October, 1979" (PDF). RSC. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ↑ "REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE CIE RAILWAY AT ARKLOW, CO WICKLOW ON 3rd OCTOBER, 1979," (PDF). Dublin: Department of Transport via Rail Accident Investigation Unite. July 1982. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.