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Balla railway station served the village of Balla in County Mayo, Ireland.
Balla | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Balla, County Mayo Ireland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°47′43″N 9°07′51″W / 53.7952°N 9.13085°W | ||||||||||
Elevation | 148 ft | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Station & goods shed | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 19 May 1862 | ||||||||||
Closed | 15 June 1963 | ||||||||||
Original company | Great Northern and Western Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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History
editOpened by the Great Northern and Western Railway, the station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944[1] which took effect from 1 January 1945.[citation needed]
Today
editTrains on the Dublin Heuston to Westport still pass the site.[citation needed] Newspaper reports in December 2021 reported on the reopening of the station in the event of a reopening of the Western Rail Corridor from Galway to Sligo.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.