Killinick railway station

Killinick railway station served the villages of Killinick, Orristown and Assally in County Wexford, Ireland.

Killinick

Cill Fhionnóg
LocationKillinick, County Wexford
Ireland
Coordinates 52.261744°N 6.458049°W / 52.261744; -6.458049
Elevation17 ft
History
Original companyFishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours
Pre-groupingGreat Southern and Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Southern Railways
Key dates
1 August 1906Station opens
3 November 1975Station closes for goods traffic
6 September 1976Station closes to passengers
1979Excursions cease

The station opened on 30 August 1906 as Orristown Junction. It was renamed to Assally Junction and finally to Killinick. The station closed in 1976. Excursions had stopped by 1979.[1]

Local Link route 387 serves Killinick village several times a day each way linking it to Wexford, Rosslare Strand and Rosslare Europort. Wexford Bus also serve the village several times each weekday on their route between Wexford and Rosslare Strand.[2] It is also served on Fridays-only by Bus Éireann route 378 (Churchtown to Wexford).[3][4]

Routes

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bridgetown   Great Southern and Western Railway
Limerick-Rosslare
  Rosslare Strand
  Great Southern and Western Railway
Limerick-Wexford
  Wexford South

References

  1. "Killinick" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  2. http://wexfordbus.com/timetables/wexford-to-rosslare/
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://locallink.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/March-2017Wexford-Route-387-6pp-DL-March-2017-FINAL-Web.pdf


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