Wexford railway station

Wexford O'Hanrahan Loch Garman Ó hAnnrachain
22053 at Wexford station in November 2012
Location	1 Redmond Square, Wexford Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	52°20′36″N 6°27′51″W / 52.343333°N 6.464167°W / 52.343333; -6.464167Coordinates: 52°20′36″N 6°27′51″W / 52.343333°N 6.464167°W / 52.343333; -6.464167
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
17 August 1874	Station opens
1966	Renamed Wexford O'Hanrahan Station

Wexford O'Hanrahan railway station is in County Wexford, Ireland.

Description

The station is staffed and fully accessible.

It consists of a single platform and passing loop.

It had sidings, used in recent years by occasional permanent way trains. With the coming of the mini-CTC signalling system in April 2008, a passing loop was installed at the Dublin end of the station.

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

Onward bus services

Thirteen Bus Éireann local bus routes serve the station:^[1] 11 routes terminate, and rail replacement route 370 to/from Wellingtonbridge and Campile and route 132 to Dublin via Carnew, Baltinglass and Tallaght call. Routes 370 and 385 (to Rosslare Strand) operate Mondays to Saturdays: the other routes operate on one or two days of the week, provide links to rural hamlets and villages such as Broadway,^[2] Crossabeg,^[3] Curracloe,^[4] Fethard-on-Sea,^[5] Kilmuckridge^[6] and Tacumshane.^[7] The bus stop is at the front of the station.

Wexford Bus provides four local bus routes, all operating Monday to Saturday inclusive. They link to Castlebridge, Kilmore Quay via Bridgetown and Rosslare Strand. There is also a route serving different areas in the town.^[8] The stops are on Redmond Square.

History

The station opened on 17 August 1874.^[9] It was given the name O'Hanrahan on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail webpage for Wexford station

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Enniscorthy		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line		Rosslare Strand

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