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Location | Woodlawn, County Galway, H53 VK16 Ireland |
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann |
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann |
Platforms | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Other information | |
Station code | WLAWN |
Fare zone | M |
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1858 | Station opened |
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Woodlawn railway station is a railway station situated on the Dublin-Galway line. It is beside a level crossing on the R359 regional road in the village of Woodlawn in County Galway, Ireland.
The station is on the Dublin to Galway Rail service. Passengers to or from Westport travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Limerick and Ennis travel to Athenry and change trains. [1]
The station opened on 1 August 1858 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 June 1978. [2]
The station has an accessible waiting room and toilet. A ticket machine is located at the entrance to the platform. The car park is currently free of charge.
The new Iarnród Éireann timetable introduced on 20 January 2013 sees three additional eastbound trains and one additional Galway-bound train serving the station. [3]
On 26 April 2011, a protest numbering some two hundred local people took place at the station. The local action group is requesting that Iarnród Éireann improve the eastbound service from the station by allowing a morning Galway to Dublin train to serve the station. [4]
Rail transport in Ireland is provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland.
Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal InterCity, Commuter, DART and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the Enterprise service between Dublin and Belfast. In 2019, IÉ carried a record peak of 50 million passengers, up from 48 million in 2018.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann | Following station | ||
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Ballinasloe | InterCity Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line | Attymon |