Achill Acaill, Oileán Acla | |
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General information | |
Location | Achill Sound, County Mayo Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°56′03″N 9°55′06″W / 53.93417°N 9.91833°W |
Distance | 27 miles to Westport |
History | |
Opened | 1895 |
Closed | 1937 |
Original company | Midland Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
18 May 1895 | Station opens |
31 December 1934 | Station closes to passenger traffic, becomes freight only |
20 May 1936 | Station reopens fully to passenger traffic |
1 October 1937 | Station closes |
Achill station served Achill in County Mayo, Ireland and was the terminus of the line which connected to Westport via Mallaranny (Mulranny) and Newport.
It was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1895, which was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railway in 1924, and closed in 1937.[1]
The station is now a hostel and the route to Westport was used for the Great Western Greenway trail.