Longford railway station
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Location | Longford, County Longford, N39 E3T9 Ireland | ||||
Coordinates | 53°43′28″N 7°47′42″W / 53.7245°N 7.7950°W | ||||
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Bus routes | 14 | ||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||
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Station code | LFORD | ||||
Fare zone | K | ||||
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1855 | Station opened | ||||
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Longford Railway Station serves the town of Longford in County Longford, Ireland.
Longford is the terminus of Iarnród Éireann's Dublin Connolly–Longford Commuter service, and is also a stop on the Dublin Connolly–Sligo InterCity service.
Longford is approximately 91 kilometres (57 mi) from Sligo and 122 kilometres (76 mi) from Dublin. Journeys to the capital by rail generally take about an hour and three quarters.
History
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Longford railway station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 8 November 1855[1] as the terminus of the extension of its line north-west from Mullingar. The line was further extended to Sligo in 1862.
Connecting trains in Dublin Connolly run on the Belfast Line via Drogheda MacBride, Dundalk Clarke, Newry, Portadown to Belfast Grand Central and on the Rosslare Line via Bray Daly, Greystones, Wicklow , Arklow, Enniscorthy, Wexford O'Hanrahan to Rosslare Europort.
Services
[edit]Train Services
[edit]Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann | Following station | ||
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Edgeworthstown | InterCity Dublin-Sligo railway line | Dromod | ||
Commuter Western Commuter | Terminus |
Bus Services
[edit]Numerous Bus Éireann Expressway and local bus routes stop immediately outside the station. Independent Cavan operator Whartons Travel operates a route to the station via Crossdoney, Arvagh and Drumlish.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Longford station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ^ "Whartons Travel - Cavan to Longford Bus - Longford to Cavan Bus". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
External links
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