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Muine Bheag halt serves the town of Bagenalstown (), in 
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.
Iarnród Éireann Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Station Website
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County Carlow
County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...
, Ireland. 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 ''Bagnalstown'' (renamed ''Bagenalstown'' by April 1910). The station was designed by Sancton Wood. Opened by theGreat Southern and Western Railway
The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland from 1844 until 1924. The GS&WR grew by building lines and making a series of takeovers, until in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was the ...
, the station was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railways
The Great Southern Railways Company (often Great Southern Railways, or GSR) was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State (the present-day Republic of Ireland).
The p ...
.
The line was then nationalised, passing to the Córas Iompair Éireann with the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.
The station was closed to passengers on 30 March 1963 and for goods traffic on 6 September 1976. Although the station closed the line remained open.
Station passed on to the Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal InterCity, Commuter, DART and fr ...
in 1986 and was re-opened, renamed ''Muine Bheag'', in 1988. The station nameboards bore solely the Irish language name until c.2015 when they were replaced with the bilingual ''Muine Bheag/Bagenalstown''.
See also
* List of railway stations in IrelandReferences
* * *External links
Iarnród Éireann Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Station Website
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Gowran
Gowran (; ) is a town located on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church is located in the centre of Gowran close to Gowran Castle. Gowran Park race course and Golf Course is located one km from t ...
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The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland from 1844 until 1924. The GS&WR grew by building lines and making a series of takeovers, until in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was the ...
Dublin-Waterford, col=800020 Iarnród Éireann stations in County Carlow Railway stations in County Carlow Railway stations opened in 1848 Railway stations in Ireland opened in 1848