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Clonmel railway station serves the town of
Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...
in
County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...
,
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. It is on the railway line that links and . It has a weekday passenger service of two trains to Limerick Junction and two to Waterford. There is no Sunday service. Limerick Junction provides connections to , , , and Dublin . Waterford provides connections to and also Dublin Heuston. The station has a café (reopened in 2013), waiting room and toilets.
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routes 55, 245 & 355 serve the station.


History

The
Waterford and Limerick Railway The Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (WL&WR), formerly the Waterford and Limerick Railway up to 1896, was at the time it was amalgamated with the Great Southern and Western Railway in 1901 the fourth largest railway in Ireland, with a mai ...
opened the station on 1 May 1852. The company was renamed the Waterford, Limerick and Western in 1896 and merged with the
Great 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 ...
in 1901. In 1880 the Southern Railway of Ireland opened between Clonmel and on the
Dublin–Cork railway line The Dublin–Cork Main Line is the main InterCity railway route in Ireland between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent. In 2018, 3.46 million passengers travelled on the line, a 10% increase from 2017 figures. About The line is one of the longest in ...
, making Clonmel a junction.
CIÉ Córas Iompair Éireann (''Irish Transport Company''), or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport within the republic and jointly with its Northern Ireland counte ...
withdrew passenger services from the Thurles – Clonmel line in 1963 and closed the line to freight in 1967.


Statistics


See also

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List of railway stations in Ireland This article lists railway stations both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The stations in the Republic of Ireland are generally operated by Iarnród Éireann and stations in Northern Ireland are generally operated by NI Railways. ...


References


External links

*{{cite web , url= http://www.irishrail.ie/clonmel , title=Clonmel , publisher=Iarnród Éireann
South Tipperary Rail & Bus Website
1852 establishments in Ireland Buildings and structures in Clonmel Iarnród Éireann stations in County Tipperary Railway stations opened in 1852 Railway stations in Ireland opened in 1852