Longford railway station

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Longford

An Longfort
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General information
Location Longford, County Longford, N39 E3T9
Ireland
Coordinates 53°43′28″N7°47′42″W / 53.7245°N 7.7950°W / 53.7245; -7.7950
Owned by Iarnród Éireann
Operated by Iarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Bus routes14
Bus operators
Connections
  • 22
  • 23
  • 65
  • 73
  • 425
  • 426
  • 451
  • 463
  • 466
  • 467
  • 469
  • 865
  • 975
  • LR24
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeLFORD
Fare zoneK
Key dates
1855Station opened
Location
Longford railway station
Longford railway station building Longford railway station - 2024-12-27 01.jpg
Longford railway station building

Longford Railway Station serves the town of Longford in County Longford, Ireland.

Contents

Longford is the terminus of Iarnród Éireann's Dublin Connolly–Longford Commuter service, and is also a stop on the Dublin Connolly–Sligo InterCity service.

Longford is approximately 91 kilometres (57 mi) from Sligo and 122 kilometres (76 mi) from Dublin. Journeys to the capital by rail generally take about an hour and three quarters.

History

Longford railway station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 8 November 1855 [1] as the terminus of the extension of its line north-west from Mullingar. The line was further extended to Sligo in 1862.

Connecting trains in Dublin Connolly run on the Belfast Line via Drogheda MacBride , Dundalk Clarke , Newry, Portadown to Belfast Grand Central and on the Rosslare Line via Bray Daly , Greystones, Wicklow , Arklow, Enniscorthy, Wexford O'Hanrahan to Rosslare Europort.

The Sligo train in Longford. The Sligo Train - geograph.org.uk - 919125.jpg
The Sligo train in Longford.

Services

Train Services

Preceding station Irish Rail logo.svg Iarnród Éireann Following station
Edgeworthstown   InterCity
Dublin-Sligo railway line
  Dromod
  Commuter
Western Commuter
 Terminus

Bus Services

Numerous Bus Éireann Expressway and local bus routes stop immediately outside the station. Independent Cavan operator Whartons Travel operates a route to the station via Crossdoney, Arvagh and Drumlish. [2]

See also

References

  1. "Longford station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  2. "Whartons Travel - Cavan to Longford Bus - Longford to Cavan Bus". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2015.