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Sligo MacDiarmada

Location type

Names and dates

Sligo (1863-1966)
Sligo MacDiarmada (1966-)

Opened on the Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway).

Dates

/ /1855	Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Opened from Mullingar (Midland Great Western Railway) to Longford. First step in the line to Sligo.
/ /1857	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Act gives permission for line from Longford to Strokestown, Boyle and Sligo.
/ /1862	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Opened from Longford (Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) to Sligo.
/ /1864	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Permanent station at Sligo opened.
/ /1864	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Sligo to Ballysodare doubled.
/ /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.
/ /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.
/ /1922	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Sligo station burned down.
/ /1928	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Sligo station replaced.
/ /1959	Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Ballysodare to Sligo singled following the closure of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway in 1957.