Rosslare Europort railway station
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Location | Rosslare Europort, County Wexford, Y35 PH4X Ireland |
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Coordinates | 52°15′04″N 6°20′16″W / 52.2512°N 6.3378°WCoordinates: 52°15′04″N 6°20′16″W / 52.2512°N 6.3378°W |
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
Platforms | 1 |
Bus routes | 040, 132, 370, 379, 385, 387 |
Bus operators | Bus Éireann Local Link |
Connections | Stena Line Irish Ferries |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Other information | |
Station code | RLEPT |
Fare zone | M |
History | |
Original company | D&SER |
Post-grouping | GSR |
Key dates | |
30 August 1906 | Station opens |
1989 | New station building opens |
2008 | Station rebuilt |
18 September 2010 | Services to Waterford cease |
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Rosslare Europort railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chalafort Ros Láir) serves Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland. The station is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and is the southern terminus of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line.
Description[]
There is only one platform and a runaround loop. There is a turntable, used on occasion by preserved steam locomotives.
The station is staffed but has no ticket office. There is a ticket machine at the entrance to the platform. The single platform is accessible only via a ramp.[1]
Passenger facilities consist of a waiting shelter with seat. There is also a small car park - chargeable.
The station is a seven-minute walk from the ferry terminal in the open air along a specially marked path.
Ferry connections[]
Overnight[]
The 04:00 ferry arrival from Fishguard has a train connection at 05:35 Monday-Friday (07:20 Saturdays; 09:40 Sundays), and the 18:10 sailing to Fishguard has a connecting train daily arriving at 16:32.
Daytime[]
The 16.25 ferry arrival has a daily onward train connection at 17:30 Monday-Friday (17:55 Saturdays; 18:05 Sundays). At present no train connects into the 08.00 sailing to Fishguard though Local Link bus route 387 provides a service from Wexford and Rosslare Strand.[2][3]
France[]
Several sailings to and from Cherbourg in France can also be conveniently accessed by the rail services to and from Rosslare Europort. The seasonal ferry route to Roscoff in France ceased in September 2018 but reopened by Brittany Ferries in 2020.
Connection to Waterford[]
Until 18 September 2010 (inclusive) there was also a single daily train each way to and from Waterford. It is now replaced by a revised Bus Éireann Route 370 service via Wellingtonbridge.[4] This bus service and the small number of other bus services from the port depart and arrive at the bus stops in front of the terminal building.
History[]
The old Rosslare Europort station opened on 30 August 1906[5] and closed on Monday 14 April 2008. The last service train to depart being the 07:40 to Dublin Connolly, worked by a six-car 2800 Class railcar set.
Certificate of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company
IÉ 2706 at Rosslare harbour in 2004
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Accessibility" (PDF). Irish Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ https://locallink.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/March-2017Wexford-Route-387-6pp-DL-March-2017-FINAL-Web.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/media/08_dublin-rosslare.pdf Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine[bare URL]
- ^ "(untitled)" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Rosslare Harbour" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
External links[]
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- Iarnród Éireann stations in County Wexford
- Railway stations serving harbours and ports in Ireland
- Railway stations in County Wexford
- Railway stations opened in 1906
- 1906 establishments in Ireland