Longford railway station

Longford An Longfort
Location	Longford, County Longford, N39 E3T9 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°43′28″N 7°47′42″W / 53.7245°N 7.7950°W / 53.7245; -7.7950Coordinates: 53°43′28″N 7°47′42″W / 53.7245°N 7.7950°W / 53.7245; -7.7950
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	LFORD
Fare zone	K
Key dates
1855	Station opened

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.

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.^[1]

Dublin-Sligo railway line
Year closed Sligo Quay freight terminal 2000 Sligo Mac Diarmada Ballysadare 1963 Ballisodare River Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Rly to Enniskillen 1957 proposed Western Railway Corridor to Limerick Collooney Ballymote Kilfree Junction 1963 to Ballaghaderreen Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Drumsna 1963 River Shannon Cavan and Leitrim Railway Dromod Newtown Forbes 1963 Longford Edgeworthstown Street & Rathowen 1963 to Cavan Inny Junction 1931 Multyfarnham 1963 Clonhugh 1963 The Royal Canal to Athlone Mullingar Killucan 1963 Hill of Down 1963 River Boyne Moyvalley 1963 Enfield Ferns Lock 1963 Kilcock Maynooth Blakestown Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey Lucan North 1941 Barberstown Docklands branch to Hansfield, Dunboyne & M3 Parkway Clonsilla Clonsilla Porterstown Coolmine Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Ashtown Broombridge Liffey Junction 1937 Dublin Broadstone 1937 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 Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Rosslare = Western Commuter

Western Commuter
Dublin–Sligo Line Longford Edgeworthstown Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfield Docklands branch Clonsilla Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Broombridge to Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone ( closed 1937 ) The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Docklands ( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

History

Longford railway station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 8 November 1855^[2] as the terminus of the extension of its line north-west from Mullingar. The line was further extended to Sligo in 1862.

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Edgeworthstown		InterCity Dublin-Sligo		Dromod
		Commuter Western Commuter		Terminus

Connecting trains in Dublin Connolly run on the Belfast Line via Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Portadown to Belfast Central and on the Rosslare Line via Bray, Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow, Enniscorthy, Wexford to Rosslare Europort.

The Sligo train in Longford.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail Longford Station Website