Wexford O'Hanrahan railway station is a
railway station located in
Wexford Town in
County Wexford
County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...
, Ireland.
Description
The station is part of the
Dublin–Rosslare railway line. It is staffed and fully accessible.
It consists of a single platform and
passing loop.
It had sidings, used in recent years by occasional permanent way trains. With the coming of the mini-CTC signalling system in April 2008, a passing loop was installed at the Dublin end of the station.
Onward bus services
Thirteen
Bus Éireann
Bus Éireann (; "Irish Bus") is a state-owned bus and coach operator providing services throughout Ireland, with the exception of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, where bus services are provided by sister company Dublin Bus. It is a subsidia ...
local bus routes serve the station: 11 routes terminate, and rail replacement route 370 to/from
Wellingtonbridge and
Campile
Campile () is a small village situated in County Wexford in the south of Ireland. It is south of the town of New Ross. As of the 2016 census, Campile had a population of 448 people.
History
Archaeological evidence of ancient settlement in ...
and route 132 to
Dublin via
Carnew,
Baltinglass
Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas (), is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road.
Etymology
The town's Irish name, ''Bea ...
and
Tallaght call. Routes 370 and 385 (to
Rosslare Strand) operate Mondays to Saturdays: the other routes operate on one or two days of the week, provide links to rural hamlets and villages such as
Broadway,
Crossabeg,
Curracloe,
Fethard-on-Sea
Fethard-on-Sea or Fethard () is a village in southwest County Wexford in Ireland. It lies on the R734 road on the eastern side of the Hook peninsula, between Waterford Harbour and Bannow Bay.
The village had a population of 311 as of the ...
,
Kilmuckridge and
Tacumshane. The bus stop is at the front of the station.
Wexford Bus provides four local bus routes, all operating Monday to Saturday inclusive. They link to
Castlebridge
Castlebridge () is a small town on the R741 regional road in County Wexford, Ireland, north of Wexford Town. It is located near the River Slaney and just north of Wexford Harbour. Castlebridge is a rapidly expanding suburb of Wexford Town; ...
,
Kilmore Quay via
Bridgetown and
Rosslare Strand. There is also a route serving different areas in the town. The stops are on Redmond Square.
History
The station opened on 17 August 1874. It was given the name O'Hanrahan on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of
Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the executed leaders of the 1916
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...
.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Ireland
References
External links
Irish Rail webpage of Wexford station
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Iarnród Éireann stations in County Wexford
Railway stations in County Wexford
Railway stations opened in 1874
Wexford, County Wexford