Muine Bheag halt

Muine Bheag
Bagenalstown
Iarnród Éireann

Muine Bheag halt
Photo: Liam Murphy
Location Muine Bheag
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 52°41′57″N 6°57′09″W / 52.699098°N 6.952521°W / 52.699098; -6.952521Coordinates: 52°41′57″N 6°57′09″W / 52.699098°N 6.952521°W / 52.699098; -6.952521
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code 47
Key dates
24 July 1848 Station opens as Bagnalstown
By April 1910 Station renamed Bagenalstown
30 March 1963 Station closed
1988 Station reopened and renamed Muine Bheag

Muine Bheag halt serves the town of Muine Bheag in County Carlow. Nearby is Leighlinbridge in the same county.

It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route.[1]

The station is staffed; the main platform is fully accessible but the far-side platform (used only when two trains pass in the station) is accessible only by stairs and a footbridge.

History

The station opened on 24 July 1848 as Bagenalstown.

Opened by the Great Southern and Western Railway, the station was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railways. The line was then nationalised, passing to the Coras Iompair Éireann with the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.

It was closed for goods traffic on 6 September 1976,[2] Although the station closed the line remained open

Station passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986 and was re-opened, renamed, in 1988.

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann Following station
Carlow   Intercity
Dublin-Waterford
  Kilkenny
MacDonagh
Historical railways
Milford   Great Southern and Western Railway
Dublin-Waterford
  Gowran

External links

See also

References

  1. http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Irish Rail Printable Timetables
  2. "Bagenalstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
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