Wexford railway station explained

Wexford O'Hanrahan
Native Name:Ó hAnnracháin, Loch Garman
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Redmond Square, Wexford, County Wexford, Y35 FC62
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:52.3433°N -6.4642°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:1
Routes:28
Original:Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pregroup:Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Postgroup:Great Southern Railways
Years:17 August 1872
Events:Station opens
Years2:1966
Events2:Renamed Wexford O'Hanrahan Station
Code:WXFRD
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Zone:L

Wexford railway station (O'Hanrahan Station, Irish: Stáisiún Uí Annracháin) is a railway station located in Wexford Town in County Wexford, Ireland.

Description

The station is part of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line. It 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.

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 1872.[9] It was given the name O'Hanrahan on 10 April 1966,[9] in commemoration of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dublin Airport . buseireann.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042053/http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=247 . 4 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Timetable - 378 . 2012-06-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120517023842/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387058-378.pdf . 2012-05-17 .
  3. Web site: Timetable - 380 . buseireann.ie. https://web.archive.org/web/20120517023118/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387060-380.pdf . 17 May 2012 .
  4. Web site: Timetable - 379 . buseireann.ie . 2012-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120412221207/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1209047152-Table-379.pdf . 2012-04-12 .
  5. Web site: Timetable - 371 372 373 . buseireann.ie . 2007-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025091127/http://buseireann.ie/pdf/1284565124-371372373.pdf . 2012-10-25 .
  6. Web site: Timetable - 379 . buseireann.ie . 2012-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120412221207/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1209047152-Table-379.pdf . 2012-04-12 .
  7. Web site: Timetable - 378 . 2012-06-09 . dead . buseireann.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20120517023842/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387058-378.pdf . 2012-05-17 .
  8. Web site: Wexford Bus . wexfordbus.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120608125017/http://wexfordbus.com/ . 8 June 2012.
  9. Book: Butt, R.V.J.. The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1995. 1-85260-508-1. 247.
  10. Web site: Duffy . Rónán . The 15 Irish railway stations named after the executed 1916 leaders . 2022-06-17 . TheJournal.ie . 30 April 2016 . en.