Rosslare Europort railway station

Rosslare Europort Calafort Ros Láir
2815 at the former Rosslare Europort station which closed in 2008
Location	Rosslare Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	52°15′11″N 6°20′07″W / 52.2531°N 6.3353°WCoordinates: 52°15′11″N 6°20′07″W / 52.2531°N 6.3353°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	RLEPT
Fare zone	M
Key dates
30 August 1906	Station opens
1989	New station building opens
2008	Station rebuilt
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Rosslare Strand   InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line   Terminus Terminus   Stena Line Ferry   Fishguard Harbour Terminus   Irish Ferries Ferry   Pembroke Dock Terminus   Irish Ferries Ferry   Cherbourg Maritime Terminus   Irish Ferries Ferry   Roscoff Maritime Terminus   Stena Line Ferry   Cherbourg Maritime Disused railways Rosslare Strand   InterCity Limerick-Rosslare Line   Terminus

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

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 occasional 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 ten-minute walk from the ferry in the open air along a specially marked path.

Ferry connections

Overnight

The 06:30 ferry arrival from Fishguard has a weekdays train connection at 07:20, and the 21:15 sailing to Fishguard on Mondays to Fridays has a connecting train arriving at 19:25.

Daytime

From 2 June until 31 August 2015 inclusive the afternoon sailing from Fishguard had a daily onward rail connection at 18.35.^[2] Previously, the last train of the day departed five minutes before the ferry from Fishguard berthed. From 3 June until 31 August 2014 inclusive the afternoon sailing from Fishguard had a daily onward rail connection at 18.35.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

History

The old Rosslare Europort station opened on 30 August 1906^[6] 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.

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  Certificate of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company

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  IÉ 2706 at Rosslare harbour in 2004

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Accessibility" (PDF). Irish Rail.
2. "Train Timetable: Dublin / Rosslare / Dublin" (PDF). Irish Rail. 2 June 2015.
3. "(untitled)" (PDF). Irish Rail.
4. "(untitled)" (PDF). Irish Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2014.
5. "(untitled)" (PDF). Bus Éireann.
6. "Rosslare Harbour" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

External links

• Irish Rail Rosslare Europort rail station Website