Achill railway station

Achill railway station

Infobox Ireland disused station
name = Achill
other_name = Acaill, Oileán Acla


caption =
locale = Westport
borough = County Mayo
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
line = Midland Great Western Railway
platforms =
years = 18 May 1895
events = Station opens
years2 = 31 December 1934
events2 = Station closes
years3 = 20 May 1936
events3 = Station reopens
years4 = 1 October 1937
events4 = Station closes

Achill was a station which served Achill in County Mayo, Ireland. It was the terminus of an extension line from Westport.

History

Opened by the Midland Great Western Railway, 1924 the Railways Act passed by the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State moved the station to the "Great Southern Railway". In 1925 another merger led to management by the Great Southern Railways. They closed it in 1937.

The site today

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*Pictures of the station. [http://www.realizedvision.com/railways.php]


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