Thurles railway station

Thurles
Iarnród Éireann

The 15:46 for Dublin (Heuston) arriving at Platform 1 at Thurles
Location Railway Road(platform 2) and Abbey Road (platform 1) Thurles
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 52°40′35″N 7°49′19″W / 52.67639°N 7.82194°W / 52.67639; -7.82194Coordinates: 52°40′35″N 7°49′19″W / 52.67639°N 7.82194°W / 52.67639; -7.82194
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade

Thurles railway station is near the centre of Thurles town, County Tipperary in Ireland. The station has two through platforms and one terminating platform. It is a major station on the Dublin-Cork line with an average of 17 trains in both directions daily.[1]

The station was the location of the arrest of William Smith O'Brien on 5 August 1848 while he was waiting for a train after an unsuccessful insurrection in Ballingarry in South Tipperary. There is a plaque at the station commemorating the event.

The station opened on 13 March 1848.[2]

Thurles station has three times won the Irish Rail Best Intercity Station prize.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Irish Rail Printable Timetables
  2. ↑ "Thurles station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

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Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann Following station
Ballybrophy   Intercity
Dublin-Cork Main Line		   Limerick Junction
Portlaoise   InterCity
Dublin-Tralee		  
Templemore   Intercity
Dublin-Limerick		   Limerick Colbert


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