Athenry railway station

Athenry Baile Átha an Rí
Platform at Athenry
General information
Location	Church Street Athenry, County Galway Ireland
Coordinates	53°18′3″N 8°44′59″W
Elevation	42 metres (138 ft)
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Line(s)	Dublin-Westport/Galway Limerick-Galway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Other information
Station code	ATHRY
Fare zone	N
History
Opened	1 August 1851 (173 years ago) (1851-08-01)
Services
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Attymon   InterCity Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line   Oranmore Craughwell   InterCity Western Rail Corridor   Oranmore Terminus   Commuter Galway Suburban Rail   Oranmore   Future   Craughwell   InterCity Limerick-Tuam   Ballyglunin
Location

v t e Dublin to Galway/Westport
Year closed Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Connolly & The Point Dublin Heuston Luas Red Line to Tallaght & Saggart Inchicore Works Park West and Cherry Orchard Clondalkin/Fonthill Kishoge Adamstown Hazelhatch and Celbridge Straffan 1947 Sallins and Naas Newbridge Kildare Dublin–Waterford line Monasterevin Portarlington Dublin to Cork line Tullamore Horseleap Branch to Mullingar 1964 Clara Athlone Ballinasloe Woodlawn Attymon Western Railway Corridor to Limerick Athenry Oranmore Galway Roscommon Castlerea Ballyhaunis Claremorris to Collooney Manulla Junction Exchange only Foxford Ballina Castlebar Westport to Achill 1937 Westport Quay 1978

v t e Limerick–Galway
Dublin–Galway Line to Claremorris Athenry Oranmore Galway Craughwell Ardrahan Gort Ennis Sixmilebridge Limerick Colbert

Athenry railway station serves the town of Athenry in County Galway.

The station lies on the Dublin to Galway intercity service and Galway to Limerick and Galway to Athenry commuter services.

Passengers for Westport and Ballina travel to Athlone and change trains.^[1]

It was once connected to Tuam and Claremorris in the north. This service may be resumed (see Western Rail Corridor).

History

The station was opened on 1 August 1851, by the Midland Great Western Railway. In November 2016, it was announced the station could lose its connection to Ennis again by 2018 with the closure of the Ennis to Athenry line to save money; however, as at 2024 the line remains open.

• 
  Athenry with a train heading to Galway
• 
  A steam hauled railtour in 1988
• 
  Athenry rail connections in the 1900s

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Timetables". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

External links

• Irish Rail: Athenry Station