Rosslare Europort railway station

Rosslare Europort Stáisiún Calafort Ros Láir
The "New" Rosslare Europort railway station in April 2008 after Irish Rail moved the station to the former turntable sidings.
General information
Location	Rosslare Europort, County Wexford, Y35 PH4X Ireland
Coordinates	52.2512°N 6.3378°W / 52.2512; -6.3378
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Bus routes	040, 132, 370, 379, 385, 387
Bus operators	Bus Éireann, Local Link
Connections	Stena Line Irish Ferries Brittany Ferries
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	RLEPT
Fare zone	M
History
Original company	D&SER
Post-grouping	GSR
Key dates
30 August 1906	Station opens
1989	New station building opens
2008	Station rebuilt
18 September 2010	Services to Waterford cease

v t e Dublin to Rosslare
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Street railway works Grand Canal Dock Grand Canal Gasworks Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Mallin Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt Street.) Woodbrook Halt 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 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

v t e Limerick–Rosslare
Year closed Limerick Colbert to Foynes 2009 Western Railway Corridor to Galway Killonan 1963 Limerick–Ballybrophy line Boher 1963 Dromkeen 1976 Pallas Grean 1963 Oola 1963 ← Dublin–Cork line → Limerick Junction Tipperary Bansha 1963 River Suir Cahir Clonmel to Thurles 1967 Kilsheelan 1963 Carrick-on-Suir Fiddown and Portlaw 1855 Grange 1963 Dublin–Waterford line Mallow–Waterford line 1967 Waterford West goods yard Waterford Plunkett to New Ross 1995 River Barrow Campile 2010 Ballycullane 2010 Wellingtonbridge 2010 Duncormick 1976 Bridgetown 2010 Killinick 1976 Felthouse Junction curve closed 1918 Dublin– 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 occasion 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 an eight-minute walk from the ferry terminal in the open air along a specially marked path.^[2]

History

The old Rosslare Europort station opened on 30 August 1906 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.

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.^[3] This bus service and the small number of other bus services from the port depart and arrive at the bus stops in front of the terminal building.

Services

Ferry connections

Overnight

The 03:45 ferry arrival from Fishguard has a train connection at 05:35 Monday-Friday (07:20 Saturdays; 09:40 Sundays), and the 18:15 sailing to Fishguard has a connecting train daily arriving at 16:33.

Daytime

The 16.30 ferry arrival has a daily onward train connection at 17:30 Monday-Friday (17:55 Saturdays; 18:05 Sundays). At present no train connects into the 07.30 sailing to Fishguard.^[4]

France

Several sailings to and from Cherbourg in France can also be conveniently accessed by the rail services to and from Rosslare Europort. The seasonal ferry route to Roscoff in France ceased in September 2018 but reopened by Brittany Ferries in 2020.

Train Services

There are Trains 3tpd that connect the port on the Rosslare Line via Wexford, Enniscorthy, Gorey, Arklow, Wicklow, Bray Daly to Dublin Connolly and 1tpd to Dundalk Clarke.^[5]

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Rosslare Strand		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare Line		Terminus
	Disused railways
Rosslare Strand		InterCity Limerick-Rosslare Line		Terminus

Gallery

• 
  Certificate of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company
• 
  Train departing from Rosslare harbour 30 July 1975
• 
  IÉ 2706 at Rosslare harbour in 2004
• 
  Sign 14th of July 2016
• 
  Former Rail Station at Rosslare Terminal 14th July 2016
• 
  Early morning trains to Dundalk and Dublin 19th of July 2022
• 
  Rosslare Europort railway station on 31 August 2024

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Accessibility" (PDF). Irish Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. "London to Dublin by train and ferry". seat61.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
3. "Route 370: Waterford−New Ross−Duncannon−Wellingtonbridge−Wexford" (PDF). Bus Éireann. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011.
4. "Dublin–Rosslare timetable" (PDF). Irish Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017.
5. "Dublin-Rosslare Europort Timetable" (PDF). irishrail. 5 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

External links

• Irish Rail Rosslare Europort rail station Website