Palace East
General information
LocationIreland
Train operators
  • DW&WR
  • GS&WR
  • GSR
  • CIÉ
D&SER and GS&WR rail connection at Palace East

Palace East railway station was the only location where the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway was connected to the Great Southern and Western Railway and the rest of Irish rail network until the opening of the City of Dublin Junction Railway in 1891.[1] This connection was described by Ahrons as "in the wilds of Wexford, which was of no use to anybody".[1] Palace East was the scene of a staged head-on collision during the Irish Civil War.[2]

The station was opened in 1866.[3] It closed in 1963.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Ahrons, E. L. (1954). L. L. Asher (ed.). Locomotive and train working in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Vol. six. W Heffer & Sons Ltd. p. 42.
  2. ↑ Baker, Michael H. C. (1972). Irish Railways since 1916. Ian Allan. p. 37. ISBN 0711002827.
  3. 1 2 "Palace East". Eiretrains - Irish Railways Past & Present. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.


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