Wicklow railway station

Wicklow railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Chill Mhantáin) is a railway station in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland.

Wicklow Cill Mhantáin
Wicklow Station seen from the car park
General information
Location	Station Road, Wicklow, County Wicklow, A67 TK38 Ireland
Coordinates	52°59′17″N 6°3′9″W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	183
Bus operators	Local Link
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Other information
Station code	WLOW
Fare zone	D
History
Original company	Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Pre-grouping	Dublin and South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
30 October 1855	Station opens

Facilities

The main station building is on platform 1. There are a waiting room and toilets next to the ticket office. An automatic ticket machine is near the ticket office. The waiting room on platform 2 is no longer in use and a covered shelter is provided. The station has a pay and display car park with capacity for 80 vehicles and a bicycle parking area. The station is staffed full-time.

Description

It is a two-platform station with a passing loop. A typical DSER signal cabin is on the footbridge. At the Dublin end, there is a bridge on a curve.

As with other stations on the route between Wicklow and Rosslare Europort, semaphore signalling and ETS operation ceased here in April 2008, with the line now under the control of the mini-CTC system.

Services/Routes

Dublin to Rosslare
Year closed Dublin–Belfast Main Line Dublin–Sligo Main Line Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart R. Liffey Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Street railway works Grand Canal Dock Grand Canal Gasworks Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Showground Passengers 1941 Goods 1971 Serpentine Avenue Sandymount Sandymount Sydney Parade Sydney Parade Merrion Gates Merrion 1934 Booterstown Williamstown 1841 Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Kingstown Harbour (west pier) 1837 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier 1980 Sandycove Cutting Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey (Atmospheric) 1854 Dalkey Killiney Hill Tunnel Obelisk Hill 1858 Killiney moved 1882 Ballybrack 1863 1882 Shankill MP 11 (to Pearse) Shanganagh Junct., to Harcourt St. 1958 MP 11 (to Harcourt St.) Woodbrook Halt 1960 County Dublin County Wicklow Bray Bray Bray Cove Halt 1929 Bray Head Tunnel No.1 Bray Head Tunnel No.2 Bray Head Tunnel No.3 Bray Head Tunnel No.4 Greystones Kilcoole Newcastle 1964 Wicklow Murrough 1976 R. Vartry Wicklow Rathnew 1964 M11 motorway Glenealy 1964 Rathdrum Avoca 1964 Woodenbridge Junction 1964 Shillelagh branch line 1945 Glenart platform 1925 (private halt for Earl Carysfort) M11 motorway Arklow M11 motorway County Wicklow County Wexford Inch 1963 Gorey M11 motorway Camolin 1963 Ferns 1977 Enniscorthy R. Slaney Enniscorthy Tunnel Edermine Ferry 1963 Waterford line 1963 Macmine Junction 1963 Killurin 1963 Killurin Tunnel Ferrycarrig Tunnel Wexford (Carcur) 1872 Wexford Wexford South 1977 Felthouse Junction 1910 Limerick-Rosslare Line 2010 Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

South Eastern Commuter
Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse Grand Canal Dock Lansdowne Road Sandymount Sydney Parade Booterstown Blackrock Seapoint Salthill and Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Sandycove and Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Woodbrook (planned) Bray Greystones Kilcoole Wicklow Rathdrum Arklow Gorey Dublin–Rosslare Line

The service from the station is:

Monday to Friday

• 6 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
• 4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
• 1 train per day to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow
• 1 train per day to Gorey

Saturdays

• 4 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (one continuing to Dundalk Clarke)
• 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow

Sundays

• 3 trains per day to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly
• 3 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow

Transport

Local Link route 183 commenced in April 2019 and provides a link from the station to Glendalough several times a day.

Bus Eireann route 133, from Wicklow to Dublin Airport, stops at Tesco, which is located 550 m from the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Wicklow station Website
• Wicklow station Facebook page

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Kilcoole or Greystones		InterCity Dublin-Rosslare railway line		Rathdrum
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter
	Disused railways
Newcastle Line open, station closed		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Rathnew Line open, station closed