Limerick Junction railway station

Limerick Junction Gabhal Luimnigh
Looking south in 2016 before platform four was built in 2019. The lines are from right to left are: station access loop; Dublin (up) line; and Cork (down) line. The building in the centre is the watertower.
General information
Location	Limerick Junction, County Tipperary, E34 E984 Ireland
Coordinates	52°29′58″N 8°12′04″W / 52.49944°N 8.20111°W / 52.49944; -8.20111
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	16 [1]
Fare zone	N
Key dates
1848	Station opened
2007	Number of platforms reduced to three
2011	Signalling upgraded to CTC
2019	New platform opened
Services Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Thurles   InterCity Dublin-Cork railway line   Charleville Thurles   InterCity Dublin-Tralee Main Line   Mallow Terminus   InterCity Limerick-Rosslare railway line   Tipperary Limerick Colbert   Commuter Limerick Line Shuttle   Terminus
Location

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 unused 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 Limerick–Rosslare
Legend
Year closed Limerick Colbert to Foynes 2009 Western Railway Corridor to Galway Killonan 1963 Limerick–Ballybrophy line Boher 1963 Dromkeen 1976 Pallas Grean 1963 Oola 1963 ← Dublin–Cork line → Limerick Junction Tipperary Bansha 1963 River Suir Cahir Clonmel to Thurles 1967 Kilsheelan 1963 Carrick-on-Suir Fiddown and Portlaw 1855 Grange 1963 Dublin–Waterford line Mallow–Waterford line 1967 Waterford West goods yard Waterford Plunkett to New Ross 1995 River Barrow Campile 2010 Ballycullane 2010 Wellingtonbridge 2010 Duncormick 1976 Bridgetown 2010 Killinick 1976 Felthouse Junction curve closed 1918 Dublin– Rosslare Line Rosslare Strand Kilrane 1963 Rosslare Europort

Limerick Junction (Irish: Gabhal Luimnigh) is the interchange railway station for trains originating in Limerick, Dublin Heuston, Cork, Waterford, Tralee and Ennis stations.^[2] The station opened on 3 July 1848.

The station was highly noted for its layout which prior to 1967 required every train making a stop at the station to make a reversal to do so.^[3] The latest changes in 2019, including the addition of a new island platform, mean only trains to and from the Waterford direction need to reverse before and after accessing the station.^{[citation needed]}