Ardrahan railway station

Ardrahan railway station serves the village of Ardrahan in County Galway, Ireland.

History

Opened by the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway, at the beginning of the 20th century the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway and then Great Southern Railways.^{[citation needed]}

The station was then passed to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944^[1] which took effect from 1 January 1945. Passenger services ceased in 1976.^{[citation needed]}

The site today

The line through the station was rebuilt as part of the Western Railway Corridor, the station reopening to passengers in March 2010.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.^{[page needed]}
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.^{[page needed]}

1. "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007.
2. "Western reopening to encourage regional development". Railway Gazette International. 31 March 2010.

External links

• Irish Rail Ardrahan Station Website