Ardagh railway station

Infobox Ireland disused station
name = Ardagh
other_name = Ardach


caption =
locale = Westport
borough = County Limerick
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
line = Waterford and Limerick
manager = Great Southern and Western Railway
owner = Great Southern Railways
platforms =
years = 1 January 1867
events = Station opens
years2 = 4 February 1963
events2 = Station closes

Ardagh was a station which served Ardagh in County Limerick, Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Waterford and Limerick and Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction railways, then absorbed into the Great Southern and Western Railway. In 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. Then it was moved to the CIE by the [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html Transport Act 1944] from 1 January 1945, on nationalisation. .The station closed under this management.

The site today

The former railway through the station is part of the [http://www.southerntrail.net| Southern Trail Ireland] .

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]