Portlaoise railway station

Portlaoise railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork and also the Dublin to Limerick Intercity railway lines. It is also the terminus for the South Western Commuter also called the Portlaoise Commuter Line which forms part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network in the commuter belt for Dublin. It is the busiest county town railway station in the midlands region with up to 32 trains to Dublin (10 Non-Stop) and 30 trains from Dublin (9 Non-Stop) per day.[1]

Portlaoise

Port Laoise
Portlaoise Station
LocationRailway Street, Portlaoise, County Laois, R32 P590
Ireland
Coordinates53°02′12″N 7°18′07″W
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codePTLSE
Fare zoneG
Key dates
1847Station opened
South Western
Commuter
Phoenix Park Tunnel
to Dublin Pearse or Grand Canal Dock
Luas Red Line
to Dublin Connolly or Point Depot
 Dublin Heuston
Luas Red Line
to Tallaght or Saggart
 
Inchicore
Works
 
Park West and
Cherry Orchard
M50 motorway
 Clondalkin/Fonthill
 Kishoge
(future)
 Adamstown
 Hazelhatch and Celbridge
The Grand Canal
 Sallins and Naas
The Grand Canal
River Liffey
 Newbridge
 Kildare
Dublin–Waterford Line
to Waterford
 Monasterevin
The Grand Canal
River Barrow
 Portarlington
Dublin–Westport/Galway Line
to Westport or Galway
 Portlaoise
Permanent way depot
Conniberry Junction
Togher Inland Port (future)
Portlaoise Traincare Depot
M7 motorway
Dublin–Cork Line
to Cork Kent

It is situated in Portlaoise town centre, in County Laois.

History

Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) railway station opened on 26 June 1847.[2]

In March 2008, Irish Rail opened a new Traincare depot south-west of Portlaoise town centre (officially opened on 25 July 2008). The depot provides a high quality maintenance and servicing facility for the 183 intercity railcars and some facilities for outer suburban railcars serving the Dublin - Portlaoise route. Irish Rail also have their Permanent Way depot South of the station.

M & A Coaches routes 828 and 828X serve the station providing links to locations such as Cashel, Urlingford, Durrow and Abbeyleix and in the other direction to the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The bus stop is located just outside the station building on Station Road (accessed via stairs from Platform 1).[3]

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Dublin Heuston
or
Portarlington		   InterCity
Dublin-Cork Main Line		   Ballybrophy
Dublin Heuston or Portarlington (Sundays)   InterCity
Dublin-Tralee Main Line		   Thurles
Portarlington   InterCity
Dublin-Limerick Main Line		   Ballybrophy
Portarlington   Commuter
South Western Commuter		   Terminus

See also

References
  1. "Grand Canal Dock to Portlaoise" (PDF). www.irishrail.ie. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "Maryborough station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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