Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) railway station
{{Short description|Station serving Bagenalstown in County Carlow, Ireland}}
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Photo: Liam Murphy [https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/13895]
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| address = Railway Road, Muine Bheag, County Carlow, R21 H295
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| years = 24 July 1848
| events = Station opens as Bagnalstown
| years1 = By April 1910
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| years2 = 30 March 1963
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| years3 = 6 September 1976
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| years4 = 1988
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Muine Bheag halt serves the town of Bagenalstown ({{Irish place name|Muine Bheag}}), in County Carlow, Ireland. Nearby is Leighlinbridge in the same county.
It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route.http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402042758/http://www.irishrail.ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route |date=2019-04-02 }} Irish Rail Printable Timetables
File:Muine Bheag Railway Station (geograph 4687079).jpg
The station is staffed; the main platform is fully accessible but the far-side platform (used only when two trains pass in the station) is accessible only by stairs and a footbridge.
History
The station opened on 24 July 1848 as Bagnalstown (renamed Bagenalstown by April 1910). The station was designed by Sancton Wood.{{cite web|title=Wood, Sancton: Works|url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/5712/wood,+sancton+##tab_works|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Dictionary of Irish Architects}}
Opened by the Great Southern and Western Railway, the station was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railways.
The line was then nationalised, passing to the Córas Iompair Éireann with the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 November 2008 |archive-date=26 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426164302/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html |url-status=dead }}
The station was closed to passengers on 30 March 1963 and for goods traffic on 6 September 1976.{{cite web | title=Bagenalstown station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-08-30}} Although the station closed the line remained open.
Station passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986 and was re-opened, renamed Muine Bheag, in 1988. The station nameboards bore solely the Irish language name until c.2015 when they were replaced with the bilingual Muine Bheag/Bagenalstown.
Services
The current Monday to Saturday service pattern is:{{Cite web |date=15 May 2023 |title=Dublin Heuston - Waterford |url=https://www.irishrail.ie/Admin/IrishRail/media/Timetable-PDF-s/Heuston-timetables/04_dublin-waterford.pdf |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=Irish Rail}}
- 7 trains per day to Waterford
- 7 trains per day to Dublin Heuston
On Sundays, the service pattern is:
- 4 trains per day to Waterford
- 4 trains per day to Dublin Heuston
{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
| system1 = Iarnród Éireann
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{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Carlow}}|next=Kilkenny
MacDonagh|route=InterCity
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{{rail line|previous=Milford|next=Gowran|route=Great Southern and Western Railway
Dublin-Waterford|col=800020}}
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See also
References
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- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
External links
- [https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/Station/muine-bheag-bagenalstown Iarnród Éireann Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Station Website]
{{Railway stations served by Iarnród Éireann}}
Category:Iarnród Éireann stations in County Carlow
Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1848