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| Location | County Galway Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°27′19″N9°52′01″W / 53.4553°N 9.8669°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original company | Midland Great Western Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Southern Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1935 | Station closes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ballynahinch railway station was on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Clifden branch line from Galway.
The station was the last from on the line to Clifden, some 5 miles (8.0 km) distant, c.42 miles (68 km) miles from Galway and just 5 miles (8.0 km) from the previous station Recess. [1] Like Maam Cross the station was not immediately ready when public services started to Clifden on 1 July 1895 and opened a little later. [2] The station served the area of Ballinahinch as well as the local castle, built in 1684 for the Martyn family, which is located there. In the early 1900s it was the summer residence of Ranjitsinhji, the Maharaja of Nawanagar, and former test cricketer with the English Cricket Team.
The station closed with the line in 1935, [1] since being renovated and now a private dwelling. [3]
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Ballynahinch or Ballinahinch is a village in County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is situated close to Recess, on the road from Recess to Roundstone. It also lies on the route of the former railway line from Galway city to Clifden. The name comes from the Irish Baile na hInse meaning settlement of the island.
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The Galway to Clifden Railway or Connemara Railway was a railway line opened in Ireland by the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) in 1895. It led from Galway to Clifden, the chief town of the sparsely populated Connemara region in western County Galway. It was closed by the MGWR's successor, the Great Southern Railways (GSR) in 1935.
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Ross railway station was on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Clifden branch line from Galway. It served the Martin family and the people of the wider Rosscahill area.
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