Ardrahan railway station

Infobox Ireland disused station
name = Ardrahan
other_name = Ard Raithin


caption =

locale = Ardrahan
borough = County Galway
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =

line = Midland Great Western Railway
Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway
manager = Great Southern and Western Railway
owner = Great Southern Railways
platforms =
years = 15 September 1869
events = Station opens
years1 = 5 April 1976
events1 = Station closes

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

History

Opened by the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway, at the the beginning of the 20th century, the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway (GSWR). It was absorbed by the The Great Southern and Western Railway Company, and so joined the Great Southern Railways.

The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Coras Iompair Éireann as a result of the [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html Transport Act 1944] which took effect from 1 January 1945. The passenger service ceased but freight traffic passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986.

The site today

The line through the station is being rebuilt as part of the Western Railway Corridor and will be returned to passenger use in stages from 2009 to 2012. A new Ardrahan station is part of the project.

Rail line
previous=Craughwell and Loughrea
next=Gort
route=Midland Great Western Railway
Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway
Great Southern and Western Railway
col=00008B

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
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0