diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 0cd866b321e9267ea8a0fc063128a1e73e8844bc..ec03242880c2f98f5430f4396a6114e8b4f96793 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/sensor/imap.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/imap_email_content.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/influxdb.py
+    homeassistant/components/sensor/irish_rail_transport.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/kwb.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/lastfm.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/linux_battery.py
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 0560f5d53109c1c29e4a7eab5a66dde174dc5f2c..0830adcc355421acdca094e27e5b632a9480c801 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ homeassistant/components/light/yeelight.py @rytilahti
 homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py @armills
 homeassistant/components/media_player/monoprice.py @etsinko
 homeassistant/components/sensor/airvisual.py @bachya
+homeassistant/components/sensor/irish_rail_transport.py @ttroy50
 homeassistant/components/sensor/miflora.py @danielhiversen
 homeassistant/components/sensor/tibber.py @danielhiversen
 homeassistant/components/sensor/waqi.py @andrey-git
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/irish_rail_transport.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/irish_rail_transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad2a312ce632ab21c739ae12614e76d7118519a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/irish_rail_transport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+"""
+Support for Irish Rail RTPI information.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.irish_rail_transport/
+"""
+import logging
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import voluptuous as vol
+
+import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
+from homeassistant.components.sensor import PLATFORM_SCHEMA
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_NAME
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+
+REQUIREMENTS = ['pyirishrail==0.0.2']
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+ATTR_STATION = "Station"
+ATTR_ORIGIN = "Origin"
+ATTR_DESTINATION = "Destination"
+ATTR_DIRECTION = "Direction"
+ATTR_STOPS_AT = "Stops at"
+ATTR_DUE_IN = "Due in"
+ATTR_DUE_AT = "Due at"
+ATTR_EXPECT_AT = "Expected at"
+ATTR_NEXT_UP = "Later Train"
+ATTR_TRAIN_TYPE = "Train type"
+
+CONF_STATION = 'station'
+CONF_DESTINATION = 'destination'
+CONF_DIRECTION = 'direction'
+CONF_STOPS_AT = 'stops_at'
+
+DEFAULT_NAME = 'Next Train'
+ICON = 'mdi:train'
+
+SCAN_INTERVAL = timedelta(minutes=2)
+TIME_STR_FORMAT = '%H:%M'
+
+PLATFORM_SCHEMA = PLATFORM_SCHEMA.extend({
+    vol.Required(CONF_STATION): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_DIRECTION, default=None): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_DESTINATION, default=None): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_STOPS_AT, default=None): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_NAME, default=DEFAULT_NAME): cv.string
+})
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """Set up the Irish Rail transport sensor."""
+    from pyirishrail.pyirishrail import IrishRailRTPI
+    station = config.get(CONF_STATION)
+    direction = config.get(CONF_DIRECTION)
+    destination = config.get(CONF_DESTINATION)
+    stops_at = config.get(CONF_STOPS_AT)
+    name = config.get(CONF_NAME)
+
+    irish_rail = IrishRailRTPI()
+    data = IrishRailTransportData(
+        irish_rail, station, direction, destination, stops_at)
+    add_devices([IrishRailTransportSensor(
+        data, station, direction, destination, stops_at, name)], True)
+
+
+class IrishRailTransportSensor(Entity):
+    """Implementation of an irish rail public transport sensor."""
+
+    def __init__(self, data, station, direction, destination, stops_at, name):
+        """Initialize the sensor."""
+        self.data = data
+        self._station = station
+        self._direction = direction
+        self._direction = direction
+        self._stops_at = stops_at
+        self._name = name
+        self._state = None
+        self._times = []
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """Return the name of the sensor."""
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """Return the state of the sensor."""
+        return self._state
+
+    @property
+    def device_state_attributes(self):
+        """Return the state attributes."""
+        if len(self._times) > 0:
+            next_up = "None"
+            if len(self._times) > 1:
+                next_up = self._times[1][ATTR_ORIGIN] + " to "
+                next_up += self._times[1][ATTR_DESTINATION] + " in "
+                next_up += self._times[1][ATTR_DUE_IN]
+
+            return {
+                ATTR_STATION: self._station,
+                ATTR_ORIGIN: self._times[0][ATTR_ORIGIN],
+                ATTR_DESTINATION: self._times[0][ATTR_DESTINATION],
+                ATTR_DUE_IN: self._times[0][ATTR_DUE_IN],
+                ATTR_DUE_AT: self._times[0][ATTR_DUE_AT],
+                ATTR_EXPECT_AT: self._times[0][ATTR_EXPECT_AT],
+                ATTR_DIRECTION: self._times[0][ATTR_DIRECTION],
+                ATTR_STOPS_AT: self._times[0][ATTR_STOPS_AT],
+                ATTR_NEXT_UP: next_up,
+                ATTR_TRAIN_TYPE: self._times[0][ATTR_TRAIN_TYPE]
+            }
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        """Return the unit this state is expressed in."""
+        return 'min'
+
+    @property
+    def icon(self):
+        """Icon to use in the frontend, if any."""
+        return ICON
+
+    def update(self):
+        """Get the latest data and update the states."""
+        self.data.update()
+        self._times = self.data.info
+        if len(self._times) > 0:
+            self._state = self._times[0][ATTR_DUE_IN]
+        else:
+            self._state = None
+
+
+class IrishRailTransportData(object):
+    """The Class for handling the data retrieval."""
+
+    def __init__(self, irish_rail, station, direction, destination, stops_at):
+        """Initialize the data object."""
+        self._ir_api = irish_rail
+        self.station = station
+        self.direction = direction
+        self.destination = destination
+        self.stops_at = stops_at
+        self.info = self._empty_train_data()
+
+    def update(self):
+        """Get the latest data from irishrail."""
+        trains = self._ir_api.get_station_by_name(self.station,
+                                                  direction=self.direction,
+                                                  destination=self.destination)
+        stops_at = self.stops_at if self.stops_at else ''
+        self.info = []
+        for train in trains:
+            train_data = {ATTR_STATION: self.station,
+                          ATTR_ORIGIN: train.get('origin'),
+                          ATTR_DESTINATION: train.get('destination'),
+                          ATTR_DUE_IN: train.get('due_in_mins'),
+                          ATTR_DUE_AT: train.get('scheduled_arrival_time'),
+                          ATTR_EXPECT_AT: train.get('expected_departure_time'),
+                          ATTR_DIRECTION: train.get('direction'),
+                          ATTR_STOPS_AT: stops_at,
+                          ATTR_TRAIN_TYPE: train.get('type')}
+            self.info.append(train_data)
+
+        if not self.info or len(self.info) == 0:
+            self.info = self._empty_train_data()
+
+    def _empty_train_data(self):
+        """Generate info for an empty train."""
+        dest = self.destination if self.destination else ''
+        direction = self.direction if self.direction else ''
+        stops_at = self.stops_at if self.stops_at else ''
+        return [{ATTR_STATION: self.station,
+                 ATTR_ORIGIN: '',
+                 ATTR_DESTINATION: dest,
+                 ATTR_DUE_IN: 'n/a',
+                 ATTR_DUE_AT: 'n/a',
+                 ATTR_EXPECT_AT: 'n/a',
+                 ATTR_DIRECTION: direction,
+                 ATTR_STOPS_AT: stops_at,
+                 ATTR_TRAIN_TYPE: ''}]
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index 2de5f2a41f0eb5f582eccb2d0da6933ac0a62f40..52cf67716934f7c3d339ae03f1e8dbf62d2ad0f7 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ pyhydroquebec==1.2.0
 # homeassistant.components.device_tracker.icloud
 pyicloud==0.9.1
 
+# homeassistant.components.sensor.irish_rail_transport
+pyirishrail==0.0.2
+
 # homeassistant.components.binary_sensor.iss
 pyiss==1.0.1