Portlaoise
Portlaoise railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork/Limerick lines in Ireland. It is also the terminus for the South Western Commuter also called the Portlaoise Commuter Line which forms part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network in the commuter belt for Dublin.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Portlaoise, Ireland
- Also known as: “Maryborough”, “Maryborough railway station”, “Port Laoise railway station”, “Portlaoise railway station”, “Portlaoise Railway station”, and “Portlaoise Railway Station”
- Address: Railway Street, Port Laoise
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portlaoise Courthouse and Dunamaise Arts Centre.
Portlaoise Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portlaoise Courthouse is a judicial facility in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. Portlaoise Courthouse is situated 320 metres south of Portlaoise.
Dunamaise Arts Centre
Theater building
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunamaise Arts Centre is an arts and cultural centre located in Portlaoise, Ireland, opened in 1999. Dunamaise Arts Centre is situated 300 metres south of Portlaoise.
Burial Ridge of Maryborough
Cemetery
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burial Ridge of Maryborough is a cemetery, which is situated 470 metres east of Portlaoise.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portlaoise and Ballyfin.
Portlaoise
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portlaoise or Port Laoise is the county town of County Laois, in the south midlands of Ireland. It's a large town that acts as a transport hub for the region and is within an hour's travel of Dublin.
Ballyfin
Hamlet
Photo: Djkeddie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballyfin is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8 km west of Portlaoise, on the L21121 local road which joins the R423 regional road between Mountrath and Mountmellick. Ballyfin is situated 8 km west of Portlaoise.
Mountmellick
Photo: Trenchspike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mountmellick is a town in County Laois, with a population of about 4900 in 2022. It's difficult to believe that this small place was once a large industrial town: English Quakers settled in the 17th century and founded breweries, a distillery, woollen mills, cotton, tanneries and glassworks.
Portlaoise
- Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.03701° or 53° 2′ 13″ northLongitude
-7.30132° or 7° 18′ 5″ westInception
June 26th, 1847Operator
Iarnród Éireann—Irish RailNetwork
InterCityOpen location code
9C5J2MPX+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3627845010OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q3970567
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Portlaoise” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Port Laoise”
- Dutch: “Station Portlaoise”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة پورت لاويس”
- French: “Port Laoise”
- French: “Portlaoise”
- Irish: “Port Laoise”
- Irish: “Stáisiún Phort Laoise”
- Italian: “stazione di Portlaoise”
- Italian: “Stazione di Portlaoise”
- Urdu: “پورٹ لوش ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Portlaoise Methodist Church and River Triogue Park.
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