Ardagh railway station

Ardagh Ardach
Location	Westport, County Limerick Ireland
History
Opened	1 January 1867
Closed	4 February 1963
Original company	Waterford and Limerick
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Rathkeale   Great Southern and Western Railway Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway Limerick and Foynes   Newcastle West

Ardagh was a station which served Ardagh in County Limerick, Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Waterford and Limerick and Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction railways, then absorbed into the Great Southern and Western Railway. In 1924 the Railways Act passed by the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State moved the station to the Great Southern Railway. In 1925 another merger led to management by the Great Southern Railways. Then it was moved to the CIE by the Transport Act 1944^[1] from 1 January 1945, on nationalisation. The station closed under this management.

The site today

The former railway through the station is part of the Southern Trail Ireland.

References

1. "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on April 26, 2007.

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• "Pictures of the station". Archived from the original on November 12, 2007.
• "R4546: Disused Railway Station, Adare". Geograph.