[3] The latest changes in 2019, including the addition of a new island platform, mean only trains to and from the Waterford direction need to reverse before and after accessing the station.

[7] Beyond a cluster of railway cottages there has been no development of a village around the station,[7] though there is a public house, and the settlement would be considered a small hamlet.

Amongst other bus services, Local Link route 855 stops at Limerick Junction Railway Station (the timetable is 855 – (T41) Tipperary Town to Cashel via Cahir & Limerick Junction Timetable[8]).

The station opened on 3 July 1848 as the latest extension of the GS&WR line from Dublin to Cork, connecting to the Waterford and Limerick Railway (W&LR) at the same time which had opened to Tipperary from Limerick some two months previously.

[10] The original layout was soon altered to the one that was to remain until 1967, requiring all trains to reverse to access the station.

[7] Trains from the W&LR would arrive at the station prior to and leave after than those from the GS&WR.

[12] The W&LR briefly in 1880 constructed a platform at Keane's points, where its trains left the W&LR line to the GS&WR station, leaving passengers to walk to the GS&WR platform.

Trains from Waterford also reverse back from "Keane's points", where the curve out from the station joins the line.c.

2007 the platform south of the station building was truncated leaving to elimination of the "Waterford Bay" with the vacated area being allocated to a car park.

The Cork half of the through platform has also been removed and the area used to extend the car park.

[15] Associated works included a new 20 metre span footbridge, passenger shelters and seating and new lighting.

[17] A new footbridge with high capacity lifts was also built, catering for customers transferring to the new platform.