Wicklow Junction

Location type

Junction


Name and dates

Wicklow Junction (1861-1976)

Opened on the Dublin and Wicklow Railway.

Opened on the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway.


Description

Junction between the original course of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway to Wicklow Murrough and the extension to the south to Wexford (Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway).

A short lived station was located here between 1864 and 1867.


Tags

Junction


Dates

20/08/1861Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Extended from Wicklow Junction to Kilcommon (a temporary terminus roughly 1 mile NE of Rathdrum - awaiting completion of viaduct to enter Rathdrum). Wicklow [1st] remains in use and no new station opens on the new line at this time, southbound trains reversing out to continue their journey south.