| / /1864 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Incorporated for a line from Wexford to Ballyhack with a branch to Greenore. Greenore Point, extreme south east of Ireland, was renamed Rosslare Harbour and selected to become a port for a short sea crossing to Wales. Rosslare Pier would be built. |
| / /1875 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Construction begins. |
| / /1882 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Opened from Wexford, connecting with the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway, to Rosslare Harbour [1st] and Rosslare Pier (the pier itself being owned by the harbour commissioners and a proper station only developed in 1906). |
| / /1885 | H J Cooper
Takes control of quarry. Later connects quarry and Drinnagh Cement Works to the Waterford and Wexford Railway by a narrow gauge line. |
| / /1889 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway operated services cease, other than occasional goods and cattle. |
| / /1894 | Fishguard Bay Railway and Pier Co
Act authorises absorption of the Waterford and Wexford Railway. Combination to be named Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours. Waterford and Wexford Railway re-opened from Wexford to Rosslare Harbour [1st]. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
| /06/1895 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Re-opened to Rosslare Pier. |
| / /1898 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Absorbed by Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
| / /1898 | Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours
Contract for the 'South Wexford Line' to Robert McAlpine to build the line from Rosslare to Abbey Junction [Waterford], with a curve from Killinick to Felthouse Junction (Waterford and Wexford Railway) and the connection from Suirbridge Junction to Grace Dieu Junction west of Waterford. Large bridges required: Suir Viaduct (1,210ft) and Barrow Viaduct (2,131ft, Ireland's longest bridge). Rosslare Pier to be extended by Charles Brand of Glasgow. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
| 12/02/1898 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Operated by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway on behalf of the Great Southern and Western Railway. |
| 01/11/1898 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Great Southern and Western Railway takes over operation directly. |
| / /1962 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours
Vehicular traffic commences at Rosslare Pier, a crane being used for unloading. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
| 23/05/1965 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours
Rosslare Pier and harbour altered to allow handling of vehicular traffic. Motorail service introduced. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
| / /1977 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Ballygeary renamed Rosslare Harbour [Mainland] (the goods sidings at the base of the pier close in 1977, turntable and stabling sidings to their south only retained) and Rosslare Pier renamed Rosslare Harbour [Pier]. |
| 07/03/1977 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Rosslare Harbour [1st] at Kilrane closed. |
| / /1989 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours
New terminal opened at Rosslare Harbour. Rosslare Harbour [Pier] and Rosslare Harbour [1st] (closed 1977) stations replaced by new Rosslare Harbour [2nd] station. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
| / /2008 | Waterford and Wexford Railway
Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours
Rosslare Europort opened, on the site of the stabling sidings and turntable line, to replace Rosslare Harbour [2nd]. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland].) |
Sweeping changes at Wexford. A quiet period in April 1996, looking north towards Dublin. ...
Sleeper service (?) at Rosslare Strand, seen from a Waterford - Rosslare Harbour train which had just come off the now-closed direct line (since ...
By the signal box at Rosslare Pier in 1970, with the pier and station in the distant left. ...
Ballygeary Signal Cabin at the base of Rosslare Pier in 1993 at the point of separation between the shore sidings to the left (Rosslare Europort ...
Scene at Rosslare Harbour [2nd] in 1993. This station dated from 1989, replacing Rosslare Pier (which had been further along the pier) and Rosslare ...
