Ardrahan railway station

53°10′N 8°49′W / 53.16°N 8.81°W / 53.16; -8.81Owned byIarnród ÉireannOperated byIarnród ÉireannPlatforms1ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeARHAN, 183HistoryOpened15 September 1869Closed5 April 1976RebuiltMarch 2010Services

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Gort		InterCity Western Rail Corridor		Craughwell

Limerick–Galway

Legend

					Dublin–Galway Line
					to Claremorris
					Athenry

					Oranmore
					Galway
					Craughwell
					Ardrahan
					Gort
					Ennis
					Sixmilebridge
					Limerick Colbert

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]

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]}

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