Arklow railway station

Arklow An tInbhear Mór
Arklow Station looking North in 2008
Location	Arklow Republic of Ireland
Coordinates
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	ARKLW
Fare zone	G
History
Opened	16 November 1863
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Rathdrum   InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line   Gorey   Commuter South Eastern Commuter   Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Woodenbridge   Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare   Inch

Arklow railway station (Irish: Stáisiún an tInbhear Mór) is a railway station in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland.

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

History

The station opened on 16 November 1863.

Opened by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway the station was part of the Great Southern and Western Railway then absorbed into the Great Southern Railway by the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924.

The station passed to CIÉ as a result of the Transport Act, 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945, then to Iarnród Éireann on 2 February 1987.

As with other stations between Wicklow and Rosslare Europort, semaphore signalling and ETS operation ceased here in April 2008. A colour-light signal existed here in semaphore days, having been installed in 1977.

Accidents and incidents

• On 3 October 1979, a passenger train and a freight train were involved in a head-on collision. Twenty-nine people were injured.

Description

Waiting facilities include three covered shelters, one on platform 1 and two on platform 2. There is a waiting room next to the ticket office in the station building on platform 1. A pay-and-display carpark is in the former goods yard, with capacity for 150 vehicles and a covered bicycle parking area.

The station is staffed full-time.

It has two platforms, one on the passing loop.

Services/Routes

The service from the station is:

Monday to Friday

• 5 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
• 4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort
• 1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan

Saturdays

• 4 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
• 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort

Sundays

• 3 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly
• 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail webpage for Arklow station
• Facebook page for Arklow station