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Woodlawn railway station

Woodlawn railway station

Railway station in County Galway, Ireland

For other rail stations named Woodlawn, see Woodlawn Station (disambiguation).

Woodlawn railway station is a railway station situated on the Dublin-Galway line. It is beside a level crossing on the R359 regional road in the village of Woodlawn in County Galway, Ireland.

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The station is on the Dublin to Galway Rail service. Passengers to or from Westport travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Limerick and Ennis travel to Athenry and change trains.[1]

History

The station opened on 1 August 1858 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 June 1978.[2]

Facilities

The station has an accessible waiting room and toilet. A ticket machine is located at the entrance to the platform. The car park is currently free of charge.

Additional trains from January 2013

The new Iarnród Éireann timetable introduced on 20 January 2013 sees three additional eastbound trains and one additional Galway-bound train serving the station.[3]

Local requests for better service

On 26 April 2011, a protest numbering some two hundred local people took place at the station. The local action group is requesting that Iarnród Éireann improve the eastbound service from the station by allowing a morning Galway to Dublin train to serve the station.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables
  2. [2]
    "Woodlawn station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  3. [3]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. [4]
    "Galway residents seek improved train services". RTÉ News. 26 April 2011.
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