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
Other information
Station code	GOREY
Fare zone	H
Key dates
1846	Station opens

Dublin to Rosslare Line
Legend
Year closed 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 Dock Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion Gates 1934 Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney 1882 Killiney Ballybrack 1863 Ballybrack 1882 Shankill Harcourt Street line Woodbrook 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Daly Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 Wicklow Rathnew 1964 Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Shillelagh branch line Woodenbridge Junction 1964 M11 motorway Arklow County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South 1977 Limerick–Rosslare line Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

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

Services/Routes

The service from the station is:

Monday to Friday

• 5 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarkearriving in Gorey at 6:45am)
• 4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort
• 1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan

Saturdays

• 4 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
• 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort

Sundays

• 3 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly
• 3 trains per day 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