Wexford railway station

Wexford O'Hanrahan Loch Garman Ó hAnnrachain
22053 at Wexford station in November 2012
Location	Redmond Square, Wexford, County Wexford, Y35 FC62 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
Other information
Station code	WXFRD
Fare zone	L
Key dates
17 August 1874	Station opens
1966	Renamed Wexford O'Hanrahan Station

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

Dublin to Rosslare Line
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 1934 Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney 1882 Killiney Ballybrack 1863 Ballybrack 1882 Shankill Harcourt Street line (closed 1958) 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 Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South 1977 Limerick–Rosslare line (closed 2010) Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

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.

Dublin to Rosslare Line
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 1934 Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Mallin Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney 1882 Killiney Ballybrack 1863 Ballybrack 1882 Shankill Harcourt Street line (closed 1958) 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 Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Wexford O'Hanrahan Wexford South 1977 Limerick–Rosslare line (closed 2010) Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 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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