Waterford Plunkett Stáisiún Phluincéid
Waterford Plunkett railway station
General information
Location	Terminus Street,Waterford County Waterford, X91 A2PV Ireland
Coordinates	52°15′58″N7°07′01″W / 52.266°N 7.117°W /52.266; -7.117
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	WFORD
Fare zone	N
History
Opened	26 August 1864
Location

v t e Dublin–Waterford
Legend
Phoenix Park Tunnel toDublin Connolly LuasRed Line toDublin Connolly &The Point Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line toTallaght &Saggart Inchicore Works Park West and Cherry Orchard M50 Clondalkin/Fonthill Kishoge Lucan (south) 1947 Adamstown Hazelhatch and Celbridge Grand Canal Straffan 1947 Sallins and Naas River Liffey Newbridge Curragh Racecourse 1977 Curragh Mainline 1999 Kildare toCork andWestport/Galway M7 motorway Kildangan 1963 Athy Mageney 1963 Carlow Milford 1963 Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) toPalace East 1963 River Barrow Gowran 1963 toPortlaoise 1963 Kilkenny Lavistown loop line Bennetsbridge 1965 Thomastown River Nore Ballyhale 1963 Mullinavat 1963 Kilmacow 1963 toLimerick toMallow 1967 Waterford West goods yard Waterford Plunkett toRosslare 2010

v t e Limerick–Rosslare
Legend
Year closed Limerick Colbert toFoynes 2009 Western Railway Corridor toGalway 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 toThurles 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 toNew Ross andMacmine Junction 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

v t e Regional Rail Services from Waterford
Legend
Dublin Heuston Hazelhatch and Celbridge Sallins and Naas Newbridge Limerick Colbert Kildare Limerick Junction Athy Tipperary Carlow Cahir Muine Bheag Clonmel Kilkenny Carrick-on-Suir Thomastown Waterford Plunkett Campile Ballycullane Wellingtonbridge Bridgetown Dublin-Rosslare line Rosslare Strand Rosslare Europort

Waterford railway station (Plunkett Station,Irish:Stáisiún Phluincéid) is arailway station which serves the city ofWaterford inCounty Waterford, Ireland. The station is located across Rice Bridge on the north side of the city.

Only one platform, thebay platform 5 remains in service. The former main through platforms 3/4 is now used only for access to Belview port and the tracks have been removed from platform 6.^[1] A largesignal cabin is situated across the running lines. The station area is still currently^[when?] controlled bysemaphore signals.

The station is a significant interchange. It is the terminus for InterCity services fromDublin Heuston and InterCity services fromLimerick Junction. Travel toLimerick Junction provides onward connections toCork,Killarney,Tralee,Limerick,Ennis,Athenry andGalway.

There are seven daily trains in each direction between Waterford - Dublin Mondays to Saturdays inclusive. One extra Dublin to Waterford train runs Friday only and one extra Waterford to Dublin train runs Friday and Saturday only.On Sundays there are four trains each way.The fastest of these trains being the 07.10 Waterford - Dublin which completes the journey in exactly 1 hour and 48 minutes.^[2]

There are two trains each way between Waterford - Limerick Junction Mondays to Saturdays inclusive. There is no Sunday service on this line.^[3] Until 19 January 2013 (inclusive) there were three trains each way. However, the late-morning Waterford to Limerick Junction and early-afternoon Limerick Junction to Waterford trains are now discontinued.^[4]

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Thomastown		InterCity Dublin-Waterford railway line		Terminus
Carrick-on-Suir		InterCity Limerick-Rosslare railway line		Terminus
	Disused railways
Carrick on Suir		InterCity Limerick Junction-Waterford		Campile
Grange		Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick-Rosslare railway line		Campile

Until 18 September 2010 (inclusive), there was one daily return train between Waterford andRosslare, after which time passenger trains on the line were suspended. The rail service was replaced by a revisedBus Éireann Route370 service from 20 September 2010. However, the replacement bus service does not serve the railway station, the nearest stop being the bus station a walk of several minutes.^[5]In 2021, the transport ministerEamon Ryan said the government were reviewing the line with a possibility of re-opening it.^[6]

The station has a booking office, ticket vending machines, shop, waiting areas, toilets and a car park.^[7]

The station is directly rail connected toWaterford Port (Belview). A freight yard is located at the Dublin/Limerick end of the station, served by freight traffics such as cement and timber which travel to and fromDublin Port andBallina.^[8]

The earliest station on the North bank of the River Suir in Waterford was the Dunkitt station, built in 1854 about 2 km away from the current site. This was very shortly moved to Sally Park, and service was available to Limerick via the Waterford Limerick Railway and to Kilkenny via the Waterford Kilkenny Railway.^[9]

The predecessor to the current station opened on 26 August 1864 as Waterford North. The original station building was located close to the site of the current station.^[10]

Service to Dublin first commenced on February 15, 1904 when the station was connected to the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford railway. In 1906, the Red Iron Bridge was constructed, enabling a service to Rosslare to commence.^[11]

The original station was demolished and replaced by the current station building in 1966.^[12] Upon reopening, it was renamed Plunkett on 10 April 1966 in commemoration ofJoseph Plunkett, one of the executed leaders of theEaster Rising of 1916.

In 1878, a second station, known as Waterford South was opened across the river. This station operated until 1908, when it was shut and all services moved to Waterford North. Waterford South was briefly reopened in 1935 to service the Waterford Stanley plant.^[13]

As part of the Waterford North Quay SDZ Scheme the present station will be closed and a new station opened on the North Quays. The new station will be part of a "Transport Hub" with bus station and other transport infrastructure. A new sustainable transport bridge (bus, cycle and pedestrian bridge) will link the transport hub to the other side of river/Waterford city centre.^[14]

Trains to Waterford are currently limited to 6 coaches due to the shortening ofKilkenny MacDonagh station in 1997, as all trains to Waterford pass through this station. Iarnród Éireann have stated they would like to enable longer trains to pass through Kilkenny station, but have no current timeline on when such a project could be funded.^[15][16]

Year	Daily Passenger Exit and Entry	Change[17]
2012	937	NA
2013	482	455
2014	990	508
2015	868	122
2016	867	1[18]

• 
  Looking west
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  Looking east
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  The signal cabin
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  Loco-hauled in 2007 now replaced byIE 22000 Class
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  In 1983 with a terminating train fromDublin Heuston hauled by a pair ofCIE 121 Class locomotives

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• Irish Rail Waterford Station WebsiteArchived 20 July 2012 at theWayback Machine
• South Tipperary Rail & Bus Website

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