Clonmel railway station

Clonmel Cluain Meala
2726 Arrives from Limerick Junction
General information
Location	Thomas Street, Clonmel, County Tipperary, E91 N9C4 Ireland
Coordinates	52°21′40″N 7°41′59″W / 52.36111°N 7.69972°W / 52.36111; -7.69972
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	CLMEL
Fare zone	G
History
Opened	1852
Key dates
1880	line to Thurles opened
1963	Thurles passenger trains withdrawn
1967	line to Thurles closed
1988	reduced to halt

v t e Limerick–Rosslare
Legend
Year closed Limerick Colbert to Foynes 2009 Western Railway Corridor to Galway Killonan 1963 Limerick–Ballybrophy line Boher 1963 Dromkeen 1976 Pallas Grean 1963 Oola 1963 ← Dublin–Cork line → Limerick Junction Tipperary Bansha 1963 River Suir Cahir Clonmel to Thurles 1967 Kilsheelan 1963 Carrick-on-Suir Fiddown and Portlaw 1855 Grange 1963 Dublin–Waterford line Mallow–Waterford line 1967 Waterford West goods yard Waterford Plunkett to New Ross 1995 River Barrow Campile 2010 Ballycullane 2010 Wellingtonbridge 2010 Duncormick 1976 Bridgetown 2010 Killinick 1976 Felthouse Junction curve closed 1918 Dublin– Rosslare Line Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

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

It is on the railway line that links Waterford and Limerick Junction. It has a weekday passenger service of two trains to Limerick Junction and two to Waterford. There is no Sunday service.^[1]

Limerick Junction provides connections to Limerick, Cork Kent, Tralee, Galway and Dublin Heuston. Waterford provides connections to Kilkenny and also Dublin Heuston.

The station has a café (reopened in 2013), waiting room and toilets.^[2][3] Bus Éireann routes 55, 245 & 355 serve the station.

The Waterford and Limerick Railway 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 in 1901.^{[citation needed]}

In 1880 the Southern Railway of Ireland opened between Clonmel and Thurles on the Dublin–Cork railway line, making Clonmel a junction. CIÉ withdrew passenger services from the Thurles – Clonmel line in 1963 and closed the line to freight in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Daily Passengers Exit and Entry	Change
2012	75	NA
2013	54	21
2014	49	5
2015	40	9
2016	45	5
2017	57	12 [4]

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Cahir		InterCity Limerick–Rosslare railway line		Carrick-on-Suir
	Disused railways
Cahir		Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick–Waterford railway line		Kilsheelan
	Disused railways
terminus		Great Southern and Western Railway Thurles–Clonmel line		Fethard

• List of railway stations in Ireland

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clonmel railway station.

• "Clonmel". Iarnród Éireann.
• South Tipperary Rail & Bus Website