Roscrea Ros Cré | |||||||||||
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Roscrea,
County Tipperary Ireland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°57′38″N 7°47′40″W / 52.9606°N 7.7945°W | ||||||||||
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Limerick-Ballybrophy | ||||||||||
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Opened | 19 October 1857 | ||||||||||
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Roscrea railway station serves the town of Roscrea, County Tipperary, in Ireland.
Roscrea station is on the Limerick-Ballybrophy railway line of the Irish railway network connecting to the main Cork- Dublin line at Ballybrophy. It is listed as a protected structure by Tipperary County Council (RPS Ref RC093). [1] The station is staffed and has a car park. [2] The station is 0.5 miles from Roscrea town centre.
Roscrea, as with many other stations on the same line, receives a small amount of services: 2 trains eastbound to Ballybrophy and 2 trains westbound to Limerick on Mondays to Saturdays. On Sundays, the station is served by 1 train per day each way.
TFI Local Link bus stops at Roscrea Railway Station.
Timetable is 854 – (T45) Roscrea to Nenagh via Shinrone, Cloughjordan, Moneygall & Toomevara Timetable [3]
The station opened on 19 October 1857 from Ballybrophy. On 8 March 1858 the line was extended to Birr and became a junction when the line to Nenagh was opened on 5 October 1863 eventually forming a new through route to Limerick via Nenagh. [4] The branch from Roscrea to Birr in County Offaly was closed by Coras Iompair Eireann on 1 January 1963.
A January 2012 national newspaper article suggested that Irish Rail was expected to seek permission from the National Transport Authority to close the line. [5] On a trial basis an enhanced timetable was in force during 2012 however the service was again reduced from February 2013. [6] In November 2016 it was announced the line was very likely to close in 2018 as demand for the service was very low and CIE/IE wished to close it to save money. [7]