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

  /  /1862Great Northern and Western Railway
Extended from Ballyhaunis to Claremorris and Castlebar.
  /  /1890Claremorris 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.
  /  /1892Great Northern and Western Railway
Claremorris rebuilding commences, enlarging the station from one platform to have a loop and sidings.
  /  /1892Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway
Line opened from Claremorris (Great Northern and Western Railway) to Ballinrobe.
  /  /1894Great Northern and Western Railway
Claremorris further expanded in anticipation of the Waterford and Limerick Railway supported Claremorris to Sligo route opening.
  /  /1895Claremorris 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.
05/04/1976Limerick 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.
  /  /1994Athenry 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