Waterford railway station

Waterford Plunkett Station Phort Láirge Stáisiún Phluincéid
Waterford railway station
Location	Terminus Street, Waterford, County Waterford, X91 A2PV Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	52°15′58″N 7°07′01″W / 52.266°N 7.117°W / 52.266; -7.117Coordinates: 52°15′58″N 7°07′01″W / 52.266°N 7.117°W / 52.266; -7.117
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	WFORD
Fare zone	N

Regional Rail Services from Waterford
Dublin Heuston Hazelhatch and Celbridge Sallins and Naas Newbridge (Republic of Ireland) Kildare Athy Carlow Muine Bheag Kilkenny Thomastown Limerick Junction Tipperary Cahir Clonmel Carrick-on-Suir Waterford Plunkett Campile Ballycullane Wellingtonbridge Bridgetown Dublin-Rosslare line Rosslare Strand Rosslare Europort

Waterford railway station (Plunkett Station, Irish: Phort Láirge Stáisiún Phluincéid) serves the city of Waterford in County Waterford, Ireland. The station is located across Rice Bridge on the north side of the city.

There are two bays at the west end of the station. These are platform 5 and 6 respectively. The main platform is quite long and due to a crossover it can be operated as two platforms if necessary. The eastern end is platform 3, the western end being platform 4. A large signal cabin is situated across the running lines. The station area is still currently controlled by semaphore signals.

The station is a significant interchange. It is the terminus for InterCity services from Dublin Heuston and InterCity services from Limerick Junction. Travel to Limerick Junction provides onward connections to Cork, Kilarney, Tralee, Limerick, Ennis, Athenry and Galway.

There are seven daily trains in each direction between Waterford - Dublin Mondays to Saturdays inclusive. The fastest of these trains being the 07.10 Waterford - Dublin which completes the journey in exactly 1 hour and 50 minutes. On Sundays there are four trains each way.

There are two trains each way between Waterford - Limerick Junction Mondays to Saturdays inclusive. There is no Sunday service on this line. 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.