Thurles railway station


Thurles railway station serves the town of Thurles in County Tipperary in Ireland. The station is on the Dublin–Cork Main line. It has two through platforms and one terminating platform.
An average of 17 trains each day between and serve Thurles station.

History

The Great Southern and Western Railway opened the station on 13 March 1848.
On 5 August that year William Smith O'Brien was arrested on the station while waiting for a train after an unsuccessful insurrection in Ballingarry in South Tipperary. There is a plaque at the station commemorating the event.
In 1880 the Southern Railway of Ireland opened between Thurles and on the Waterford and Limerick Railway, making Thurles a junction. CIÉ withdrew passenger services from the Thurles – Clonmel line in 1963 and closed the line to freight in 1967.
Thurles station has three times won the Irish Rail Best Intercity Station prize.

Bus Connections

Local Link

Local Link bus stops at Thurles Railway Station.
Timetable is 391 – Thurles to Limerick via Newport & UL