Boyle railway station

Boyle railway station serves the town of Boyle in County Roscommon, Ireland.

Boyle Mainistir na Búille
General information
Location	Station Road, Boyle, County Roscommon, F52 N603 Ireland
Coordinates	53°58′3″N 8°18′15″W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	BOYLE
Fare zone	N
Key dates
1862	Station opened
Services Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Carrick-on-Shannon   InterCity Dublin-Sligo railway line   Ballymote
Location

v t e Dublin-Sligo main line
Legend
Year closed Sligo Mac Diarmada Sligo Quay freight terminal 2000 Ballysodare 1963 Ballisodare River Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Rly to Enniskillen 1957 proposed Western Railway Corridor to Limerick 1963 Collooney Ballymote Kilfree Junction 1963 to Ballaghaderreen 1963 Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Drumsna 1963 River Shannon Cavan and Leitrim Railway Dromod Newtown Forbes 1963 Longford Edgeworthstown Street & Rathowen 1963 to Cavan 1959 Inny Junction 1931 Multyfarnham 1963 Clonhugh 1963 The Royal Canal to Athlone 1964 Mullingar Killucan 1963 Hill of Down 1963 River Boyne Moyvalley 1963 to Edenderry 1931 Enfield Ferns Lock 1963 Kilcock Maynooth Blakestown Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey Lucan North 1941 Barberstown Docklands branch to M3 Parkway Clonsilla Coolmine Coolmine Castleknock Blanchardstown 1937 Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Ashtown Pelletstown Reilly's Bridge 1847 Broombridge Liffey Junction passengers 1937 goods 1977 Dublin Broadstone 1937 Glasnevin 1910 The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Belfast–Dublin railway line Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Rosslare Europort = Western Commuter

History

The station opened on 3 December 1862.^[1] Shepherd describes it as "an important station" with goods facilities including that for loading grain.^[2]

Boyle railway station with a CIE 201 Class in 1975.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. "Boyle station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
2. Shepherd 1994, p. 106.

Sources

• Shepherd, W. Ernest (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-008-7. OCLC 32627031.

External links

• Irish Rail Boyle station website