Oranmore Station opens

[thewanderer]

The country’s newest train station at Oranmore, Co Galway opened for business on Sunday 28th July 2013.

 

The station, open in time for the Galway Races, will be served by a mixture of Galway/Dublin & Galway/Athenry/Limerick services, with 23 services calling at the station daily (Mon-Fri), 22 on Saturdays, and 15 on Sundays. The journey time from Oranmore to Galway is just 7 minutes, and customers can travel to Limerick, Dublin and a range of intermediate stations also.

 

The station was officially opened by Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar on Monday 29th July 2013. The previous station at Oranmore closed in 1963 and was located 3/4 of a mile in the Athenry direction from the new station.

 

Oranmore is the 144th station on the Iarnród Éireann network. Bicycle parking and car parking facilities will be provided, with a 140 space car park at the station owned and operated by Galway County Council.

 

The construction of the station has been funded by the National Transport Authority.

 

Pictures from the official opening on Monday 29th July 2013 are now online at http://smu.gs/14uSADp

 

Other pictures from the day include: Athlone, Athenry, Galway, Ennis, Limerick Jct., Portlaoise & Portarlington and these may be viewed in the July 2013 gallery at: http://smu.gs/11qsdl4

 

Enjoy!

The Wanderer.

[201bhoy]

Brilliant! My cousins live in Marie and I've always had to get off at athenry, but oranmore will be much handier.