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Claremorris

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Claremorris (1862-)

Opened on the Great Northern and Western Railway.

Opened on the Claremorris and Swinford Railway.

Opened on the Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway.

Dates

/ /1862	Great Northern and Western Railway Extended from Ballyhaunis to Claremorris and Castlebar.
/ /1890	Claremorris and Swinford Railway Collooney and Swinford Railway Light railway companies created for the Waterford and Limerick Railway to complete from Claremorris (Great Northern and Western Railway)to Sligo Collooney Junction (Midland Great Western Railway). Initially proposed by the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway.
/ /1892	Great Northern and Western Railway Claremorris rebuilding commences, enlarging the station from one platform to have a loop and sidings.
/ /1892	Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway Line opened from Claremorris (Great Northern and Western Railway) to Ballinrobe.
/ /1894	Great Northern and Western Railway Claremorris further expanded in anticipation of the Waterford and Limerick Railway supported Claremorris to Sligo route opening.
/ /1895	Claremorris and Swinford Railway Collooney and Swinford Railway Sligo branch of the Waterford and Limerick Railway opened from Claremorris South terminus (Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway) to Claremorris (Great Northern and Western Railway) and on to Collooney Junction (Midland Great Western Railway), Sligo.
05/04/1976	Limerick and Ennis Railway Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Athenry and Tuam Railway Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway Closed to regular passenger services. Sunday specials to Claremorris continue into the 1980s.
/ /1994	Athenry and Tuam Railway Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway Re-opened from Athenry to Claremorris.

Books

Alnmouth To Alnwick, Coldstream And Berwick (Country Railway Routes)

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong