Limerick railway station
Colbert Station serves the city of Limerick in County Limerick. It is on Parnell St, and is the main station on the Limerick Suburban Rail network.ServicesThe station is the terminus of the Dublin-Limerick, Limerick-Nenagh-Ballybrophy and Limerick-Ennis-Galway lines. Connections for Cork, Waterford, Clonmel and Kerry stations 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 Rail Corridor.Bus Eireann's Limerick depot is adjacent, offering Intercity, Express and Eurolines services.Parts of the video for the Westlife song My Love were filmed at Colbert Station.HistoryThe station opened on 28 August 1858, replacing a temporary station 500 m 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. This work was carried out at the height of the Irish Potato Famine, resulting in extreme financial difficulties for the company.
