Mullingar railway station

Mullingar railway station
Mullingar Iarnród Éireann
Station Mullingar 03.JPG
Mullingar Railway Station
Location
Place Mullingar
Local authority Westmeath County Council
Operations
Station code 153
Platforms in use 3
History
1848 Station opened
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Mullingar railway station serves the town of Mullingar in County Westmeath, Ireland. There was a railway line to Athlone but is now disused.

The station opened on 2 October 1848.[1] The Midland Great Western Railway line to Mullingar from Dublin opened in stages from 1846 to 1848, arriving in Mullingar on 2 October 1848. This was to a temporary station, adjacent to the greyhound stadium. The original mainline ran from Dublin (Broadstone) to Galway via Mullingar and Athlone, the Mullingar to Galway section opening in August 1851. The present station opened with the branch line to Longford on 14 December 1855.

There were two secondary stations in Mullingar, Canal Crossing cattle bank was on the Sligo Line and on the Athlone Line, Newbrook racecourse had its own station. This was unique in that it was a two platformed station with both platforms on the Down Line.

Dublin Mullingar Train

Nowadays, the line northwest to Longford and Sligo is the mainline, Galway is accessed from Heuston Station via Portarlington and the line between Mullingar and Athlone is disused. Mullingar station is served by national rail company Iarnród Éireann's Commuter services to Dublin and InterCity trains to/from Sligo. Calls have been made for the line to Athlone via Moate to be reopened to facilitate more services between Galway and Dublin.

The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland have a secondary base in the town. A turntable remains here used by steam locomotives a couple of times a year.

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann Following station
Enfield   Commuter
Western Commuter
  Terminus
Maynooth   Intercity
Dublin-Sligo
  Edgeworthstown
Disused railways
Killucan   Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin-Sligo
  Clonhugh
Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin-Galway
Moate

References

  1. ^ "Mullingar station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-07. 

Coordinates: 53°31′22″N 7°20′46″W / 53.5228°N 7.3460°W / 53.5228; -7.3460


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