Rosslare Europort train station

Prabhu Deva

How long is the walk from the station to the ferry? and also from Fishguard to the train there? i'll be taking a fair bit of stuff with me

i tried to look it up on google earth but the ferry terminal is blurred out?

highlydebased

10 mins walk to the Terminal in Rosslare.

In fishguard you'll almost walk right onto train.

Cookie_Monster

don't forget the train are not in sync with the ferry on this end

Dum_Dum

Rosslare Station is to Rosslare Port what Frankfurt Hahn is to Frankfurt.

Fratton Fred

what was the logic in moving the Rosslare station to where it is now? I presume it was once at the terminal but has now been relocated.

I know it crossed roads, but there are only about threee trians a day so it wouldn't have been a problem.

foggy_lad

Give yourself about 20 minutes with a lot of luggage or arrange to be met at the station by a taxi.

KC61

Fratton Fred wrote: »

what was the logic in moving the Rosslare station to where it is now? I presume it was once at the terminal but has now been relocated.

I know it crossed roads, but there are only about threee trians a day so it wouldn't have been a problem.

The problem was twofold:

1) The shipping companies wanted the level crossing removed that was beside the old station as it was impeding the flow of cars/trucks onto/off ships.

2) The Garda/Customs authorities wanted a secure area that only had one point of entry/exit and that was not breached by a railway line.

Daft I know but that was the rationale.

Judgement Day

Moving the station was a load of nonsense and all part of CIE/IE's plan for a complete withdrawal from Rosslare. I remember back in the late 1970s/early '80s when the train ran right out onto the pier beside the ship - there was even a tiny (beer serving) buffet out on the pier. In those days I seem to remember the stations were know as Rosslare Harbour (Mainland) and Rosslare Harbour (Pier)....the past is a foreign country though and my Guinness impaired brain may be imagining the whole thing!

dowlingm

Even if IE cut rail back to Waterford and Wexford, they will still end up operating Europort unless someone sees sense and takes it out of their control. I can't remember the last time I saw a commercial concern actively avoid synergy between neighbouring assets as IE does.

Transportuser09

Not one of IÉ's greatest decisions, ironic how a port owned by a railway company had its rail station moved to facilitate road traffic.

P_1

Sometimes I just can't get how IE manage to function.
This is one of those times.