Enniscorthy railway station

Enniscorthy Inis Córthaidh
Enniscorthy Station looking North
Location	Enniscorthy Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	52°30′16″N 6°33′58″W / 52.5044°N 6.5662°W / 52.5044; -6.5662Coordinates: 52°30′16″N 6°33′58″W / 52.5044°N 6.5662°W / 52.5044; -6.5662
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
16 November 1863	Station opens

Enniscorthy railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Inis Córthaidh) is in County Wexford, Ireland.

Description

It has two platforms, a passing loop and a siding. The station is fully staffed. The far-side platform, accessible only by a footbridge, is used only when two trains pass.^[1]

Dublin to Rosslare Line
Legend
Dublin–Belfast Line Dublin–Sligo line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line (to Dublin Heuston) Luas Red Line (to The Point) Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal DockDART Lansdowne RoadDART SandymountDART Sydney Parade Merrion Gates BooterstownDART Blackrock SeapointDART Salthill and MonkstownDART Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove and GlasthuleDART GlenagearyDART DalkeyDART Obelisk Hill (1855–1858) Killiney (1858–1882) KillineyDART Ballybrack (1854–1863) Ballybrack (1863–1882) ShankillDART Harcourt Street line Woodbrook Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle Wicklow Murrough Wicklow Rathnew Glenealy Rathdrum Avoca Shillelagh branch line Woodenbridge Junction Arklow Inch Gorey Camolin Ferns Enniscorthy Edermine Ferry Waterford line Macmine Junction Killurin Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South Limerick–Rosslare line Rosslare Strand Kilrane Rosslare Europort

History

The station opened on 16 November 1863.^[2] Originally there was a turntable behind the second platform which was used during the building of the tunnel under Enniscorthy town but was also used afterwards due to heavy traffic on Market Day. There was once an engine shed opposite the present day goods shed, two water columns were at each end of the platforms and there was also a very long siding for loading cattle. There was also a number of sidings, A siding for O'Donahoes was behind the station building, a siding for Buttles Bacon Factory which is now the site of the Enniscorthy Swimming Pool, A siding at the entrance of the tunnel for Roches and another siding that went under Barrack Street via a tunnel to Minch Norton.^[3] Outside Enniscorthy there was sidings for St. Johns Flour Mill and St. Johns Foundry and also a siding at the head shunt for Kavanaghs Cement.^[4]

Enniscorthy was also where the locomotive No. 17 "Wicklow" left with a Cattle Special to Dublin Harcourt Street but was unable to stop and ran through the end wall and fell into Hatch Street, though it was not a serious accident and only injured the Driver who remained at his post in the cab and a horse on Hatch Street, this became one of Ireland's famous rail accidents.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

External images

Aftermath of the Harcout Street crash

• Irish Rail webpage for Enniscorthy station

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Gorey		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line		Wexford O'Hanrahan