Ballysadare railway station

Ballysadare railway station, currently not in use, is located on the Dublin-Sligo railway line in Ballysadare, County Sligo. The station opened on 3 December 1862. It was closed to passengers on 17 June 1963 and finally closing to goods on 3 November 1975.[1]

Ballysadare station was on the Midland Great Western Railway which became part of Irish Rail and it was served by the last independent railway in the British Isles, being the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway on the line to Enniskillen. The Burma Road or the Western Rail Corridor line to Claremorris Junction, Tuam and Galway was served from the station as well as Sligo station.

References

  1. ↑ "Ballysadare station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-11-24.

Coordinates: 54°21′27″N 8°50′34″W / 54.35750°N 8.84278°W / 54.35750; -8.84278

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