Birdhill railway station

Birdhill railway station serves the town of Birdhill in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Birdhill
An IRRS 071 Class Railtour at Birdhill.
LocationBirdhill
Ireland
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2 (Only 1 in use)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1860Opened
1963Closed To Goods
Limerick to
Ballybrophy line
Ballybrophy
Roscrea
Cloughjordan
Nenagh
Birdhill
Castleconnell
Limerick Colbert

The station opened on 23 July 1860.[1]

It is on the Limerick–Ballybrophy railway line and is also served by a skeleton service on the Limerick to Nenagh Commuter Service.

Description

The station once had a large station house but now has only a portable building. This houses the ticket office and toilet.[2] The station has a car park. A plaque in the station grounds commemorates the 150th anniversary of the station, which took place in 2010. There is also a "Railway Garden" beside the station. The signal box and railway bridge are both listed as a protected structures by Tipperary County Council (RPS Refs S708 and S709).[3]

Closure proposed

A January 2012 national newspaper article suggested that Irish Rail was expected to seek permission from the National Transport Authority to close the line.[4] In response, the timetable was altered during 2012, and the service was again reduced from February 2013.[5] In November 2016 it was announced the line was very likely to close in 2018 as the demand for the service is very low and CIE/IE wish to close it to save money.

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Castleconnell   Commuter
Limerick-Ballybrophy		   Nenagh

References
  1. "Birdhill station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
  2. http://www.irishrail.ie/Birdhill Irish Rail Birdhill Website
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2015-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/iarnrod-eireann-may-close-rail-service-amid-falling-demand-178779.html
  5. http://www.irishrail.ie


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