Muine Bheag halt

Muine Bheag Bagenalstown
File:Muine Bheag railway station.jpeg Muine Bheag halt Photo: Liam Murphy [1]
Location	Muine Bheag Republic of Ireland
Coordinates
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.

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

External links

• Irish Rail Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Station Website
• Leighlinbridge Tourism

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland