Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station

Sligo Mac Diarmada Stáisiún Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada
Sligo station, 1948
Location	Knappagh Road, Sligo, County Sligo, F91 K752 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	54°16′19″N 8°28′52″W / 54.272°N 8.481°W / 54.272; -8.481Coordinates: 54°16′19″N 8°28′52″W / 54.272°N 8.481°W / 54.272; -8.481
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	SLIGO
Fare zone	R
Key dates
1862	Station opened
1966	Renamed as Mac Diarmada Station

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

Sligo Mac Diarmada station, also known as Sligo railway station, is a mainline railway station which serves the town of Sligo in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a terminal station, with two platforms. There is a passing loop at the approach to the station. It is named after Irish patriot Seán Mac Diarmada. Iarnród Éireann, Ireland's national railway operator, runs inter-city rail services between Sligo and Dublin on the Dublin-Sligo railway line.

History

The station opened on 3 December 1862,^[1] when Sligo acquired rail links to Dublin. The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway linked to Enniskillen to the north in 1881. A link to Limerick and the south followed in 1895. The line to Enniskillen closed in 1957 and passenger services to Limerick closed in 1963. For many years CIÉ kept the latter line open for freight traffic, and although it is now disused, it forms part of the Western Rail Corridor redevelopment project.

The station building was burned down and destroyed on 11 January 1923 during the Irish Civil War. Seven engines where sent down the line to the quay and one crashed through a concreate wall into the harbour.^[2]

Naming

In 1966 Sligo railway station was renamed Mac Diarmada Station after Irish rebel Seán Mac Diarmada from County Leitrim.^[3]

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Collooney		InterCity Dublin-Sligo		Terminus
	Proposed
Collooney		Commuter Limerick-Sligo		Terminus

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

• Irish Rail Sligo station website