Balla railway station
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Balla | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Balla, County Mayo Ireland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°47′43″N 9°07′51″W / 53.7952°N 9.13085°W | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 148 ft | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Station & goods shed | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 May 1862 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 15 June 1963 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Great Northern and Western Railway | ||||||||||
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Balla railway station served the village of Balla in County Mayo, Ireland.
History
Opened by the Great Northern and Western Railway, the station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944[1] which took effect from 1 January 1945.
The site today
Trains on the Dublin Heuston to Westport still pass the site.
References
- ^ "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on April 26, 2007.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
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