Portlaoise railway station

Portlaoise Port Laoise
Portlaoise Station
General information
Location	Railway Street, Portlaoise, County Laois, R32 P590 Ireland
Coordinates	53°02′12″N7°18′07″W / 53.03667°N 7.30194°W / 53.03667; -7.30194
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	PTLSE
Fare zone	G
Key dates
1847	Station opened

v t e Dublin–Cork
Legend
Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Connolly & The Point Liffey Railway Bridge Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to Tallaght & Saggart Inchicore Works Park West and Cherry Orchard † Clondalkin/Fonthill † Kishoge † Lucan (south) 1947 Adamstown † Hazelhatch and Celbridge † Straffan 1947 Sallins and Naas † to Tullow 1947 Newbridge † Curragh Racecourse 1977 Curragh Mainline 1999 Kildare † Dublin–Waterford Line Monasterevin † Portarlington † Dublin–Westport/Galway line Portlaoise to Mountmellick 1947 Conniberry Junction to Kilkenny 1962 Laois Traincare Depot Mountrath 1976 Limerick–Ballybrophy line Ballybrophy Lisduff 1963 Templemore Thurles to Clonmel 1963 Goold's Cross 1976 to Cashel 1954 Dundrum 1976 Limerick–Rosslare line to Limerick Colbert and Rosslare Limerick Junction Emly 1963 Knocklong 1977 Kilmallock 1977 to Limerick 1967 Charleville Buttevant 1977 Waterford–Mallow line 1967 Mallow Mallow–Tralee Line Mourne Abbey 1963 Rathduff 1976 Blarney (GSW) 1963 Kilnap Viaduct Cork railway tunnel Summerhill 1893 Cork Kent Cork–Cobh/Midleton line † Not served by services from Dublin to Cork

v t e South Western Commuter
Legend
Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Pearse or Grand Canal Dock Luas Red Line to Dublin Connolly or The Point Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to Tallaght or Saggart   Inchicore Works   Park West and Cherry Orchard M50 motorway Clondalkin/Fonthill Kishoge 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 (planned) Portlaoise Traincare Depot M7 motorway Dublin–Cork Line to Cork Kent

Portlaoise railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork/Limerick lines in Ireland. 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]

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

History

Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) railway station opened on 26 June 1847. ^[2] It was designed by Sancton Wood. ^[3]

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.

Service

Train Services

Station services include but not limited to parking on both sides of station, coffee served daily from 5am by “bloom coffee box” accessibility aids and much more

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Dublin Heuston or Portarlington		InterCity Dublin-Cork railway line		Ballybrophy
Portarlington		Commuter South Western Commuter		Terminus

Bus Services

TFI Local Link routes 828, 850, and 858 serve the station providing links to locations such as Thurles, Roscrea, 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). ^[4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
3. "Wood, Sancton". www.askaboutireland.ie. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
4. "M&A; Coaches". Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

External links

• Irish Rail Portlaoise Station website