Arklow railway station

Infobox Ireland station
name = Arklow
other_name= An tInbhear Mór
code =


caption =
manager = Iarnród Éireann
locale = Arklow
borough = County Wicklow
years = 15 July 1840
events = Station opens
usage0405 =
usage0506 =
platforms = 2

Arklow railway station ( _ga. Stáisiún an Inbhir Mór) opened on 16 November 1863 [cite web | title= Arklow station| work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-08] and serves the town of Arklow in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. The station consists of two platforms, one of which is served by a passing loop.

As with other stations on the between Wicklow and Rosslare Europort, semaphore signalling and ETS operation ceased here in April 2008, with the line now being under the control of the mini-CTC system. A colour-light signal existed here in semaphore days, having been installed in 1977. [cite web | title= Report of Inquiry into the Railway Accident on the CIE Railway at Arklow Co. Wicklow on 3rd October, 1979| work=RSC| url=http://www.rsc.ie/uploads/rsc/Arklow,_Report_of_Investigation_into_accident_on_3rd_October_1979.pdf| accessdate=2008-08-25]

History

Opened by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway, at the the beginning of the 20th century, the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway then absorbed into the Great Southern Railway by way of the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924.

The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Coras Iompair Éireann as a result of the [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html Transport Act 1944] which took effect from 1 January 1945. It passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986.

rail line
previous = Woodenbridge
Line open; Station closed
next = Inch
Line open; Station closed
route = Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Dublin Wicklow and Waterford Railway
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External links

* [http://www.iarnrodeireann.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp?letter=A&action=showdetail&station_id=3 Irish Rail webpage for Arklow station]