Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway

Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway

Bridge on the greenway
Length 40 kilometres (25 miles) [1]
Location County Westmeath, Ireland
Use Cycling, Walking
Hiking details
Trail difficulty Easy
Season Any
Surface Tarmac
Website Westmeath County Council

The Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway (also known as Old Rail Trail)[2] is a long-distance cycling and walking trail in County Westmeath, which forms a section of the Dublin-Galway Greenway. It is a 40 kilometres long rail-trail over the disused Athlone-Mullingar rail line beginning just outside Athlone and ending in Mullingar.[3][4] A new bridge is planned for Athlone.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

The Moate-Garrycastle section was officially opened by Taioseach Enda Kenny in October 2015.[11][12][3][13][14][15][16] In September 2015 the Westmeath Independent reported that the greenway could provide a "€15m boost" to the local economy.[17]

The section will eventually extend into Athlone town.[18]

Plans, by a community development organsisation in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, are underway to connect the Greenway to the Offaly Cycleways at Kilbeggan with a greenway to Tullamore, County Offaly.[19] Work is planned to begin by summer 2016. [19][20]

Access Points

The following is a list of the ten access points to the cycleway.

Location Distance from Athlone (km) Distance to Mullingar (km) Coordinates
Garrycastle, Athlone - 40 53.42269, -7.90158
Mount Temple 8.5 31.5 53.39929, -7.78188
Moate (Athlone Rd.) 11.5 28.5 53.39841, -7.73607
Moate (Station) 12.3 27.7 53.3992, -7.72356
Lisnagree (Near Rosemount/Streamstown) 21.1 18.9 53.42671, -7.59944
Castletown Geoghegan Station 28.6 11.4 53.4636, -7.50563
Dysart 30.8 9.2 53.4767, -7.48074
Ballinea 35.9 4.1 53.50624, -7.42242
Joins Royal Canal, Mullingar 40 - 53.5172, -7.36816
Newbrook Road, Mullingar 40 - 53.51694, -7.36488
Towards Athlone
Towards Mullingar

References

  1. ↑ http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/media/OldRailTrailLeaflet_A3DLWeb.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/news/name,19325,en.html
  3. 1 2 "Midlands Greenway official opening on October 18". Westmeath Examiner. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Work underway at Moate Railway Station". Athlone Advertiser. 9 July 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015 – via pagesuite-professional.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Grace, Robert (10 December 2015). "Councillors welcome latest proposed design for Athlone’s cycleway bridge". Athlone Advertiser. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dublin – Galway Greenway". Westmeath County Council. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Local councillors had a chance to check on the progress of the Greenway cycleway project as works reached Moate last week.". Athlone Advertiser. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Melia, Paul (27 June 2014). "Wheels in motion for 280km coast-to-coast cycle route". Irish Independent (Dublin). Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "€10m More For Cycleways". HospitalityIreland.com. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Daly, Maria (9 October 2014). "Council confirm plans for new towncentre bridge as part of cycleway". Athlone Advertiser. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  11. ↑ McDermott, Eoghan (18 October 2015). "Kenny wants national strategy for walks and trails". Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Taoiseach to officially open Greenway this Sunday". 5 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Taoiseach to perform official opening of Mullingar to Garrycastle cycleway". Shannonside FM. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Athone to Mullingar Greenway set to open within weeks". IrishCycle.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  15. ↑ Cusack, Adrian (18 May 2015). "Countdown is on to opening of Athlone to Mullingar cycleway". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Welcome to Greenways Westmeath". Westmeath County Council. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ Cusack, Adrian (2 September 2015). "local greenway could provide '€15m boost'". Westmeath Independent. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Council looking to push forwad plans for extension of Greenway". Athlone Advertiser. 5 May 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016 – via pagesuite-professional.co.uk.
  19. 1 2 "Kilbeggan track could be 'midlands Greenway’". Westmeath Examiner. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  20. ↑ "Taoiseach to open Athlone-Mullingar Greenway this afternoon". Shannonside FM. 18 October 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 53°26′10″N 7°34′06″W / 53.435979°N 7.568348°W / 53.435979; -7.568348

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