Castlebar railway station explained

Castlebar
Native Name:	Caisleán an Bharraigh
Symbol Location:	ie
Symbol:	rail
Address:	Station Road, Castlebar, County Mayo, F23 R670
Country:	Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:	53.8474°N -9.2879°W
Owned:	Iarnród Éireann
Operator:	Iarnród Éireann
Line:	Dublin-Westport
Platforms:	2 (1 in use)
Code:	CLBAR

Castlebar railway station serves the town of Castlebar in County Mayo, Ireland.

The station is on the Dublin to Westport Line and is the penultimate stop on the line for services towards Westport. Passengers to or from Galway will need to travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Ballina and Foxford must travel to Manulla Junction and change trains.^[1]

History

The station opened on 17 December 1862,^[2] 149miles from via Mullingar.

Services

The typical current service pattern is:^[3]

• 5 trains per day to Dublin Heuston
• 5 trains per day to Westport

Sources

• Book: Shepherd, Ernie. The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland – An illustrated History. Midland Publishing Limited. 1994. 1-85780-008-7.

External links

• Irish Rail Castlebar Station Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timetables. Irish Rail. 14 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402042758/http://www.irishrail.ie/train-timetables/timetables-by-route. 2 April 2019. dead.
2. Web site: Castlebar station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 6 September 2007 . 26 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf . live .
3. Web site: Train Timetables by Route . 28 May 2023 . Iarnród Éireann.