Wicklow railway station
General information | |
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Location | Station Road, Wicklow, County Wicklow, A67 TK38 Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°59′17″N 6°3′9″W / 52.98806°N 6.05250°W |
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
Platforms | 2 |
Bus routes | 1 |
Bus operators | TFI Local Link |
Connections | 183 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Parking | yes |
Bicycle facilities | yes |
Accessible | Yes |
Other information | |
Station code | WLOW |
Fare zone | D |
History | |
Original company | Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway |
Pre-grouping | Dublin and South Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways |
Key dates | |
30 October 1855 | Station opens |
Wicklow railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chill Mhantáin) is a railway station in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Facilities
The main station building is on platform 1. There are a waiting room and toilets next to the ticket office. An automatic ticket machine is near the ticket office. The waiting room on platform 2 is no longer in use and a covered shelter is provided. The station has a pay and display car park with capacity for 80 vehicles and a bicycle parking area. The station is staffed full-time.
Description
It is a two-platform station with a passing loop. A typical DSER signal cabin is on the footbridge. At the Dublin end, there is a bridge on a curve.
As with other stations on the route between Wicklow and Rosslare Europort, semaphore signalling and ETS operation ceased here in April 2008, with the line now under the control of the mini-CTC system.
Services/Routes
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The service from the station is:
Monday to Friday
- 6 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
- 4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
- 1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow
- 1 train per day to Gorey
Saturdays
- 4 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
- 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
Sundays
- 3 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly
- 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann | Following station | ||
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Kilcoole or Greystones | InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line |
Rathdrum | ||
Commuter South Eastern Commuter |
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Disused railways | ||||
Newcastle Line open, station closed |
Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare |
Rathnew Line open, station closed |
Transport
Local Link route 183 commenced in April 2019 and provides a link from the station to Glendalough several times a day.[1]
Bus Eireann route 133, from Wicklow to Dublin Airport, stops at Tesco, which is located 550 m from the station.
See also
References
- ^ "New bus service linking Wicklow Town to Glendalough – WicklowNews". Wicklownews.net. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.