Clifden railway station

Clifden railway station
Clifden station c. 1910
General information
Location	Clifden County Galway Ireland
Coordinates	53°29′19″N10°01′04″W / 53.4885°N 10.0177°W / 53.4885; -10.0177
Elevation	19 metres (62 ft)
Platforms	1
History
Opened	1 August 1895(130 years ago) (1895-08-01)
Closed	1935(90 years ago) (1935)
Original company	Midland Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Route map Legend Clifden Ballynahinch Recess Hotel Platform Maam Cross Oughterard Ross Moycullen R. Corrib Prospect Hill Galway Lough Atalia Bridge To Athenry Athlone & Dublin
Location

Clifden railway station was a station serving the town of Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. Opened in 1895, it was the terminus on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Clifden branch line from Galway. It closed in 1935.

History

The station was the terminus on the Clifden branch line from Galway some 49+1⁄4 miles (79.3 km) distant. ^[1] An inspection train of directors reached the station on 3 May 1895, with the public opening on 1 July 1895. ^[2]

When the last train pulled out of Clifden in 1935 with the closure of the railway it left with whistle blowing and detonators set at the level crossing. ^[3] The station building has since been renovated and is now a hotel and theatre.^{[ citation needed ]} The station master's house is now a Museum.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

Footnotes

1. Shepherd (1994), p. 119.
2. Shepherd (1994), p. 46.
3. Villiers-Tuthill (1995), Closure.

Sources

• Shepherd, W. Ernest (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN   1-85780-008-7. OCLC   60006991.
• Villiers-Tuthill, Kathleen (1995). "The Connemara Railway 1895-1935". History Ireland. Vol. 4, no. 3. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.