Thurles railway station

Thurles
Durlas
Iarnród Éireann
An IE 22000 Class train at Thurles
Location Railway Road, Thurles, County Tipperary, E41 H027
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 52°40′35″N 7°49′19″W / 52.67639°N 7.82194°W / 52.67639; -7.82194Coordinates: 52°40′35″N 7°49′19″W / 52.67639°N 7.82194°W / 52.67639; -7.82194
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
History
Opened 1848
Key dates
1880 line to Clonmel opened
1963 Clonmel passenger trains withdrawn
1967 line to Clonmel closed

Thurles railway station serves the town of Thurles in County Tipperary in Ireland. The station is on the Dublin–Cork main line. It has two through platforms and one terminating platform.

An average of 17 trains each day between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent serve Thurles station.[1]

History

The Great Southern and Western Railway opened the station on 13 March 1848.[2]

On 5 August that year William Smith O'Brien was arrested on the station while waiting for a train after an unsuccessful insurrection in Ballingarry in South Tipperary. There is a plaque at the station commemorating the event.

In 1880 the Southern Railway of Ireland opened between Thurles and Clonmel on the Waterford and Limerick Railway, making Thurles a junction. CIÉ withdrew passenger services from the Thurles – Clonmel line in 1963 and closed the line to freight in 1967.

Thurles station has three times won the Irish Rail Best Intercity Station prize.

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Ballybrophy   InterCity
Dublin–Cork main line		   Limerick Junction
Portlaoise   InterCity
Dublin–Tralee		  
Templemore   InterCity
Dublin–Limerick		   Limerick Colbert
Disused railways
terminus   Great Southern and Western Railway
Thurles–Clonmel line		   Horse and Jockey

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dublin Heuston to Cork" (PDF). Iarnród Éireann. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Thurles station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  • "Thurles". Iarnród Éireann.
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