Gorey railway station

Gorey Guaire
Gorey Station looking South
Location	Gorey Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	52°40′16″N 6°17′32″W / 52.6712°N 6.2922°W / 52.6712; -6.2922Coordinates: 52°40′16″N 6°17′32″W / 52.6712°N 6.2922°W / 52.6712; -6.2922
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1846	Station opens

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

Gorey railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Ghuaire) is in County Wexford, Ireland.

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
Arklow		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare		Enniscorthy
Arklow		Commuter South Eastern Commuter		Terminus
	Disused railways
Inch		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Camolin

Description

The station is staffed and only the near-side platform is wheelchair-accessible.^[1]

It consists of two platforms, one on the down passing loop. The loop is signalled only in the Enniscorthy direction. There is a water tower, still used by occasional steam trains, at the north end of the up platform. There is also a siding, formerly a loop, cut back to allow the platforms to be extended in early 2006.

Most of the line from Dublin to Wexford and Rosslare is single track with passing loops at stations. When the signal box is open the loop can be used, otherwise trains use the main platform. Prior to the installation of mini-CTC on the line in April 2008, it was not normally possible for northbound trains to use the loop, as it was only signalled in the Rosslare direction. This led to some awkward shunting arrangements when a locomotive-hauled train terminated. The timetable suggests that only one train each way has to use of the loop.

History

The station was opened on 16 November 1863.^[2]

External links

• Irish Rail webpage for Gorey station

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References