Galway Ceannt
Location type
Station
Names and dates
Galway (1851-1966)
Galway Ceannt (1966-)
Opened on the Clifden Branch (Midland Great Western Railway).
Opened on the Midland Great Western Railway.
Description
Tags
Station terminus
Dates
| / /1847 | Midland Great Western Railway Portion authorised from Mullingar to Athlone [MGWR] and Galway. |
| /07/1849 | Midland Great Western Railway Construction of Mullingar to Athlone [MGWR] and Galway begins. Contractor William Dargan. |
| / /1851 | Midland Great Western Railway Ballinasloe to Athlone [MGWR] and Oranmore to Galway doubled. |
| / /1851 | Midland Great Western Railway Builds the Railway Hotel in Galway (now The Hardiman). The hotel was leased to operators. |
| 01/08/1851 | Midland Great Western Railway Extended from Mullingar to Athlone [MGWR] and Galway. Double as far as Streamstown. |
| / /1890 | Midland Great Western Railway Loch Atalia Viaduct, Galway, swing span fixed in position. |
| / /1895 | Clifden Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Opened from Galway to Oughterard, the first part of the Connemara Railway. |
| / /1924 | Great Southern Railway Takes over management of the Railway Hotel in Galway, renaming it Great Southern Hotel (now The Hardiman). |
| / /1926 | Midland Great Western Railway Oranmore to Galway singled. |
| 10/04/1966 | Midland Great Western Railway Galway renamed Galway Ceannt to honour Éamonn Ceannt, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. |
| / /1973 | Midland Great Western Railway Galway Ceannt and Mayo trains cease using the Athlone [MGWR] to Mullingar section, diverted to the Athlone Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway). |
| 29/03/2010 | Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Official re-opened between Ennis and Athenry to carry a Limerick - Galway Ceannt service. |
| 30/03/2010 | Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Public re-opening between Ennis and Athenry to carry a Limerick - Galway Ceannt service. |
