Gort

Location type


Name and dates

Gort (1869-1976)

Opened on the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway.


Description

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 continued).

A goods shed and main station building survive. the station is not staffed.


Tags

Station





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