Ross railway station

For the New Zealand railway station, see Ross Branch (railway line).

Ross railway station
General information
Location	County Galway Ireland
Coordinates	c. 53°22′59″N9°14′53″W / 53.383°N 9.248°W / 53.383; -9.248 [a]
History
Original company	Midland Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1895	Station opens
1935	Station closes
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

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. ^[1]

History

The station was some 12 miles (19 km) distant from Galway. ^[2] The station served the area of Rosscahill and the Martin family. ^[1]

The station closed with the line in 1935. ^[3]

References

Notes

1. Co-ordinates are approximate general area and are not the precise location of the station

Footnotes

1. Fahy (2014).
2. Shepherd (1994), pp. 46–47, 119.
3. Shepherd (1994), p. 119.

Sources

• Fahy, Jim (6 June 2014). "Ross Railway Station". Oughterard Heritage. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
• Shepherd, W. Ernest (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN   1-85780-008-7. OCLC   60006991.

Further reading

• Ryan, J. H. (1902). "The Galway to Clifden Railway". Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. 28. Dublin: 203–236. doi: 10.48495/tm70mz48v .