Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway
Introduction
This line connected Ennis (Limerick and Ennis Railway) to Athenry (Midland Great Western Railway).
Dates
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
0-6-2T No.5 of the West Clare Railway sits on a plinth next to Ennis station in July 1965. The loco was built by Dubs & Co in 1892 and after withdrawl ...John McIntyre Collection /07/1965
West Clare Railway No.5, built by Dubs & Co., Glasgow, in 1892, on display on the site of the engine shed yard at Ennis in 1988. It has since returned ...Bill Roberton //1988
CIE B125 calls at Ennis, Co. Clare in July 1965. Photo by A McIntyre. ...John McIntyre Collection /07/1965
CIE Class 141 diesel B169 sits in the yard at Ennis in July 1965. Photo by A McIntyre. ...John McIntyre Collection /07/1965
This is a two platform station with a car park, formerly the goods yard and cattle pen, on its west side. The station opened in 2010 with the re-opening of the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway, many years after formal closure to regular services in 1976 (although Special passenger trains...
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Interior of Gort signalbox in 1988, with the then closed station in the background....
Bill Roberton //1988
The view inside Gort station signal box, looking out over a line of stored brake vans, in 1988....
Bill Roberton //1988
Gort station, on the Irish Western Rail Corridor, looking north with a train for Galway ready to depart on 29th July 2021. The train is formed of a ...Douglas Blades 29/07/2021
A Limerick to Galway train has just come off the Limerick line at Athenry in July 2021. Here it will reverse and head west to Galway. Meanwhile, the ...Douglas Blades 29/07/2021
Athenry station, looking east towards Athlone and Dublin, on 26th May 2019....
Mark Poustie 26/05/2019
Level crossing and signal box at Athenry on the Dublin - Galway main line on a rainy day in 1988. ...Bill Roberton //1988
Athenry station. The Sundays only 11.55 from Galway Ceannt to Limerick Junction has just arrived and is waiting to reverse onto the line to Ennis and ...Mark Poustie 26/05/2019
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series) |  The Elgin or Charlestown Railway 1762-1863 |
