Clonmel railway station

Clonmel
Cluain Meala
Iarnród Éireann

2726 Arrives from Limerick junction
Location Clonmel
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 52°21′40″N 7°41′59″W / 52.36111°N 7.69972°W / 52.36111; -7.69972Coordinates: 52°21′40″N 7°41′59″W / 52.36111°N 7.69972°W / 52.36111; -7.69972
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade

Limerick to Rosslare line

Legend
 closedYear
 Limerick Colbert
to Foynes
Western Railway Corridor
to Galway
Limerick–Ballybrophy line
 ← Dublin–Cork line →

Limerick Junction
 Tipperary
 River Suir
 Cahir
 Clonmel
 Carrick-on-Suir
Dublin–Waterford line
Mallow–Waterford line
Waterford West goods yard
Waterford Plunkett
to New Ross
 River Barrow
 Campile 2010
 Ballycullane 2010
 Wellingtonbridge 2010
 Bridgetown 2010
Dublin–Rosslare Line
 Rosslare Strand
Rosslare Europort 2008
Rosslare Europort

Clonmel railway station serves the town of Clonmel in County Tipperary, Ireland.

It is on the Limerick Junction–Waterford railway line. It has a weekday passenger service of two trains to Limerick Junction and two to Waterford. There is no Sunday service.[1]

Passengers change at Limerick Junction for connections to Limerick, Cork, Tralee, Galway & Dublin Heuston. Change at Waterford for Kilkenny and also Dublin Heuston.

⇒ Eastbound towards Waterford City ⇒
⇐ Westbound towards Limerick Junction ⇐

The station has a café (reopened in 2013), waiting room and toilets. Buses stop outside the station.[2][3]

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1852 by the Waterford and Limerick Railway company and was then overtaken by the Great Southern & Western Railway in the early 1900s and later by CIE in the 1940s. Clonmel also had a line that joined the Dublin-Cork line outside Thurles which closed in 1967.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.irishrail.ie/media/12-WaterfordLimerick1.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.southtipptoday.ie/community/relief-as-toilet-facilities-finally-on-the-way-at-bus-station-1-3477666
  3. ↑ http://www.nationalist.ie/news/business/no-toilet-or-waiting-room-at-shameful-clonmel-rail-station-1-4456200

External links

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann Following station
Cahir   InterCity
Limerick-Waterford		   Carrick-on-Suir
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