Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)

Introduction

This branch completed the Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) extending it north west to Sligo.






Dates

  /  /1857Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Act gives permission for line from Longford to Strokestown, Boyle and Sligo.
  /  /1859Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Deviation Act for the 1857 Sligo branch Act, for avoidance of mid-Roscommon (Great Northern and Western Railway territory).
  /  /1862Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Opened from Longford (Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) to Sligo.
  /  /1864Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Permanent station at Sligo opened.
  /  /1864Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Sligo to Ballysodare doubled.
  /  /1874Sligo and Ballaghadereen Junction Railway
Opened from Kilfree Junction (Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) to Ballaghadereen.
  /  /1882Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Double track extended from Ballysodare to Carrignagat Junction, in anticipation of the opening of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway.
  /  /1883Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Incorporated. Act for a narrow gauge line from Dromod (exchange with the Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) via Ballinamore [Leitrim] to Belturbet (exchange with the Belturbet Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)). Act includes a branch from Ballinamore [Leitrim] to Arigna.
  /  /1895Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Doubled from Collooney [MGWR] north to Collooney Junction (junction for the Collooney and Swinford Railway) Double track was not extended a little further north to the nearby Carrignagat Junction.
  /  /1922Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Sligo station burned down.
  /  /1928Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Sligo station replaced.
  /  /1930Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Carrignagat Junction taken out, the line runs as two single track lines south from Ballysodare.
  /  /1930Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Collooney [MGWR] north to Collooney Junction singled. Collooney Junction controlled by power points from Ballysodare.
  /  /1959Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Ballysodare to Sligo singled following the closure of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway in 1957.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

The former transhipment shed at Dromod in 1993. CIE standard gauge lines to the left, C&L narrow gauge to the right. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Preparing to leave Dromod on the Sligo branch in 1993. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Arrival at Dromod on the Sligo branch in 1993. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Scene at Sligo in 1993. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
A train from Dublin stands at Sligo in July 1993 behind CIE 121+131. ...
David Panton /07/1993
Station signs at Sligo in 1993. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Small GMs 133 and 129 at Sligo with a train from Dublin. ...
Bill Roberton //1993