Limerick railway station

Limerick Colbert Luimneach
Limerick Railway Station
Location	Parnell Street, Limerick, V94 H2PP Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	52°39′32″N 8°37′26″W / 52.659°N 8.624°W / 52.659; -8.624Coordinates: 52°39′32″N 8°37′26″W / 52.659°N 8.624°W / 52.659; -8.624
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	40
Key dates
1858	Station opened as Limerick
1966	Renamed Limerick Colbert Station

Colbert Station serves the city of Limerick in County Limerick. It is on Parnell Street and is the main station on the Limerick Suburban Rail network. It has approximately 2,500 rail passengers a day travelling on four rail routes. The Bus Éireann bus station on site services approximately one million passengers a year, with 125 buses departing each day.

The station is the terminus of the Dublin–Limerick, Limerick–Nenagh–Ballybrophy and Limerick–Ennis–Galway lines. Connections for Cork, Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, Waterford and Kerry stations, such as Killarney, Farranfore and Tralee can be made at Limerick Junction.

The Limerick–Sligo line is operational to Athenry only. It is planned to be reopened on a phased basis as the Western Railway Corridor.

Bus Éireann's Limerick depot is adjacent and offers Intercity, Express and Eurolines services.

Buses connect the railway station to Shannon Airport.

The station opened on 28 August 1858, replacing a temporary station 500 metres (1,600 ft) further east, which had operated from 9 May 1848. It was built by the Waterford and Limerick Railway (W&LR), which ran its first train, as far as Tipperary, on Tuesday, 9 May 1848, with intermediate stations at Killonan, Pallasgreen and Oola (all since closed). Two months later the GS&WR connected their Dublin–Cork line with the W&LR at Limerick Junction, near Tipperary. The work was carried out at the height of the Irish Potato Famine, resulting in extreme financial difficulties for the company.