Mullingar railway station

Mullingar

An Muileann gCearr
Mullingar; An Muileann gCearr
	A view of the train station and its adjacent carpark, 2015
General information
Location	Clonmore Road; Mullingar; County Westmeath; N91 HKR4; Ireland
Coordinates	53°31′22″N 7°20′46″W / 53.5228°N 7.3460°W
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	MLGAR
Fare zone	G
History
Opened	October 2, 1848; 176 years ago

Dublin-Sligo main line

Legend

Year

closed

Sligo Mac Diarmada

Sligo Quay freight terminal

2000

Ballysodare

1963

Ballisodare River

Sligo, Leitrim and

Northern Counties Rly

to

Enniskillen

1957

proposed Western

to

1963

1963

to Ballaghaderreen

1963

Boyle

Carrick-on-Shannon

Drumsna

1963

River Shannon

Cavan and Leitrim Railway

1963

Street & Rathowen

1963

to Cavan

1959

Inny Junction

1931

Multyfarnham

1963

Clonhugh

1963

The Royal Canal

to Athlone

1964

Mullingar

Killucan

1963

Hill of Down

1963

River Boyne

Moyvalley

1963

to Edenderry

1931

Enfield

Ferns Lock

1963

Kilcock

Maynooth

Blakestown

Leixlip Louisa Bridge

Leixlip Confey

Lucan North

1941

Barberstown

Docklands branch

to M3 Parkway

Clonsilla

Coolmine

Castleknock

Blanchardstown

1937

Ashtown

1847

passengers 1937

goods 1977

Dublin Broadstone

1937

Glasnevin

1910

The Royal Canal

Phoenix Park Tunnel

to Dublin Heuston

Drumcondra

Belfast–Dublin railway line

Docklands

(

Spencer Dock)

The Royal Canal

Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght and Saggart

Dublin-Rosslare railway line

Western Commuter

Dublin–Sligo Line

Leixlip Louisa Bridge

Leixlip Confey

M3 Parkway

Dunboyne

Hansfield (serves Ongar)

(

closed

1937

)

The Royal Canal

(

The Royal Canal

to Tallaght or Saggart

Loopline Bridge

Tara Street

Dublin Pearse

Mullingar railway station serves the town of Mullingar in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Mullingar station is served by national rail company Iarnród Éireann's Dublin to Longford commuter service and Dublin to Sligo intercity service.^[1]

The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland have a secondary base in the town. A turntable remains here used by steam locomotives a couple of times a year.

History

The station opened on 2 October 1848.^[2] The Midland Great Western Railway line to Mullingar from Dublin opened in stages from 1846 to 1848, arriving in Mullingar on 2 October 1848. This was to a temporary station, adjacent to the greyhound stadium. The original mainline ran from Dublin (Broadstone) to Galway via Mullingar and Athlone, the Mullingar to Galway section opening in August 1851. The present station opened with the branch line to Longford on 14 December 1855.

There were two secondary stations in Mullingar. Canal Crossing cattle bank was on the Sligo Line and on the Athlone Line, Newbrook racecourse had its own station. This was unique in that it was a two platformed station with both platforms on the Down Line.

Mullingar to Athlone Line

There was a railway line to Athlone but it is now disused. It was part of the Midland Great Western Railway Dublin to Galway intercity service. Calls have been made for the line to Athlone (via Moate) to be reopened to facilitate more services between Galway and Dublin.^[3]

Today Dublin to Galway intercity services go from Dublin Heuston via Portarlington to Athlone line.^[4]

References

^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Irish Rail Printable Timetables
^ "Mullingar station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
^ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2012/02/16/4009023-closed-mullingar-to-athlone-rail-line-raised-at-meeting/ Westmeath Examiner "closed-mullingar-to-athlone-rail-line-raised-at-meeting"
^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=120&n=150 Irish Rail Station and Route maps

External links

Irish Rail Mullinger Station Website

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| style="background:#FFBA00; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | Midland Great Western Railway
Dublin-Galway | style="background:#FFBA00; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" | | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Moate |}

[1] ttp://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Irish Rail Printable Timetables

[2] "Mullingar station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

[3] ttp://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2012/02/16/4009023-closed-mullingar-to-athlone-rail-line-raised-at-meeting/ Westmeath Examiner "closed-mullingar-to-athlone-rail-line-raised-at-meeting"

[4] ttp://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=120&n=150 Irish Rail Station and Route maps

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History

Mullingar to Athlone Line

See also

References

External links