Dromod railway station
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Location | Clooncolry, Dromod, County Leitrim, N41 KA40 Ireland | ||||
Coordinates | 53°51′32″N 7°54′59″W / 53.8590°N 7.9163°W | ||||
Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Bus routes | 2 | ||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||
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Station code | DRMOD | ||||
Fare zone | L | ||||
Website | www | ||||
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1862 | Station opened | ||||
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Dromod railway station [1] serves the village of Dromod in County Leitrim and nearby Roosky in County Roscommon. It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Sligo InterCity service.[2]
The station is shared with the short preserved section of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway.[3]
History
[edit]The station opened on 3 December 1862 and remains in operation, despite closing for goods services on 3 November 1975. Dromod was also a station on the narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway. It opened on 24 October 1887 and finally closed on 1 April 1959.[4] A short section of narrow gauge line has been reopened at the station as part of preservation efforts.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dromod Station". Our Irish Heritage. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables
- ^ rogerfarnworth (9 May 2019). "The Cavan and Leitrim Railway – A Short History, and a look at Dromod Station". Roger Farnworth. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Dromod station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ^ Oram, Hugh (21 July 2016). "All aboard – An Irishman's Diary about the Cavan & Leitrim Railway". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
External links
[edit]Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann | Following station | ||
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Longford | InterCity Dublin-Sligo |
Carrick-on-Shannon |