- Adare railway station
Infobox Ireland disused station
name = Adare
other_name = Áth Dara
caption =
locale =Westport
borough =County Limerick
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
line = Waterford and Limerick
and Limerick and Foynes
manager =Great Southern and Western Railway
owner =Great Southern Railways
platforms =
years =12 July 1856
events = Station opens
years2 =4 February 1963
events2 = Station closesAdare was a station which served
Adare inCounty Limerick ,Ireland .History
The station was opened by the Waterford and Limerick and Limerick and Foynes railways, then absorbed into the
Great Southern and Western Railway . In 1924 the Railways Act passed by theOireachtas 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. Then it was moved to the CIE by the [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html Transport Act 1944] from1 January 1945 , on nationalisation. .The station closed under this management.The site today
The building and platform are still in good condition next to the mothballed railway. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/485254]
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.industrialheritageireland.info/railways/foynes/adarestationbuilding.htm]
*Geograph [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/485254]
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