Arklow railway station

Arklow

An tInbhear Mór
Arklow; An tInbhear Mór
	Arklow Station looking North in 2008
Location	Saint Mary's Road, Arklow, County Wicklow, Y14 YD89; Ireland
Coordinates	52°47′38″N 6°9′35″W / 52.79389°N 6.15972°WCoordinates: 52°47′38″N 6°9′35″W / 52.79389°N 6.15972°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	ARKLW
Fare zone	G
History
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
16 November 1863	Station opens
2002	Freight services cease

Arklow railway station (Irish: Stáisiún an tInbhear Mór) is a railway station in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland.

History[]

The station opened on 16 November 1863.^[1]

Opened by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway the station was part of the Great Southern & Western Railway then absorbed into Great Southern Railways by the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924.

The station passed to CIÉ as a result of the Transport Act, 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945, then to Iarnród Éireann on 2 February 1987.

As with other stations between Wicklow and Rosslare Europort, semaphore signalling and ETS operation ceased here in April 2008. A colour-light signal existed here in semaphore days, having been installed in 1977.^[2]

Accidents and incidents[]

On 3 October 1979, a passenger train and a freight train were involved in a head-on collision. Twenty-nine people were injured.^[3]

Description[]

Waiting facilities include three covered shelters, one on platform 1 and two on platform 2. There is a waiting room next to the ticket office in the station building on platform 1. A pay-and-display car park is in the former goods yard, with capacity for 150 vehicles and a covered bicycle parking area.

The station is staffed full-time.

It has two platforms, one on the passing loop.

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 Clarke)
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

Transport[]

There is no direct public road transport to or from the station.^{[citation needed]} A number of Bus Éireann bus routes stop at Main Street, which is located 500 m from the station.^{[citation needed]}

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann	Following station
Rathdrum	InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line	Gorey
Rathdrum	Commuter South Eastern Commuter	Gorey
Preceding station	Disused railways	Following station
Woodenbridge Line open, station closed	Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare	Inch Line open, station closed

References[]

^ "Arklow station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
^ "Report of Inquiry into the Railway Accident on the CIE Railway at Arklow Co. Wicklow on 3rd October, 1979" (PDF). RSC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
^ "REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE CIE RAILWAY AT ARKLOW, CO WICKLOW ON 3rd OCTOBER, 1979," (PDF). Dublin: Department of Transport via Rail Accident Investigation Unite. July 1982. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

Sources[]

Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.