Recess railway station

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Recess railway station
Recess railway station
	The Hotel Platform halt in 1906. This was a simple affair two miles east of the more substantial Recess station where trains could pass
General information
Location	County Galway ; Ireland
Coordinates	53°27′57″N9°45′14″W / 53.4659°N 9.7538°W
Platforms	2 (plus one at Hotel)
History
Original company	Midland Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1895	Station opens
1902	Hotel Platform opens
1920	Hotel Platform closes
1935	Station closes
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Last updated October 31, 2023

Recess railway station was on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Clifden branch line from Galway and was situated in the heart of the Connemara tourism area in Ireland.

History

The station was opened in 1895,^[1] when services began from Galway, some 35+1⁄2 miles (57.1 km) distant,^[2] when the line fully opened to Clifden from the intermediate terminus at Oughterard.^[3] The station served the town of Recess, County Galway, in the heart of the Connemara tourism area.^[4] It was situated on Alexander Nimmo's road serving Galway and Clifden (now part of the N59 route.^[5]^[6]

The station closed with the line in 1935.^[1]

Hotel Platform

The Railway built an hotel at the station at Recess.,^[7] with a one platform halt specifically for the hotel in 1902 some 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the main Recess station towards Maam Cross and Galway.^[1] In 1903 the hotel lunched Edward VII when he visited by motor car from Leanne, the king being escorted by about one hundred farmers mounted mostly bareback on Connemara ponies wearing Buffalo Bill hats and royal colours.^[8] The Hotel platform closed in 1920.^[1]

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References

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 Shepherd (1994), p. 119.
↑ Ryan (1902), p. 206.
↑ Shepherd (1994), pp. 46–47.
↑ Ryan (1902), p. 214.
↑ Rasche (1999).
↑ Villiers-Tuthill (1995), The route.
↑ Villiers-Tuthill (1995), Promoting tourism.
↑ Tatlow (1920), pp. 173–174.

Sources

Rasche, H. (1999). "Irische Eisenbahnen" [Irish Railways — Chapter 1: The Midland Great Western Railway: Galway - Clifden]. Irish-net (in German). 1. Kapitel: Die Midland Great Western Railway: Galway–Clifden. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
Ryan, J. H. (1902). "The Galway to Clifden Railway". Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. Dublin. 28: 203–236. doi: 10.48495/tm70mz48v .
Shepherd, W. Ernest (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-008-7. OCLC 60006991.
Tatlow, Joseph (1920). Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland. London: The Railway Gazette. OCLC 1045333714. OL 210891W.
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.

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[FOOTNOTEShepherd1994119-1] 1 2 3 4 Shepherd (1994), p. 119.

[FOOTNOTERyan1902206-2] Ryan (1902), p. 206.

[FOOTNOTEShepherd199446–47-3] Shepherd (1994), pp. 46–47.

[FOOTNOTERyan1902214-4] Ryan (1902), p. 214.

[FOOTNOTERasche1999-5] Rasche (1999).

[FOOTNOTEVilliers-Tuthill1995The_route-6] Villiers-Tuthill (1995), The route.

[FOOTNOTEVilliers-Tuthill1995Promoting_tourism-7] Villiers-Tuthill (1995), Promoting tourism.

[FOOTNOTETatlow1920173–174-8] Tatlow (1920), pp. 173–174.

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