Longford railway station

Longford Railway Station serves the town of Longford in County Longford, Ireland.

Longford An Longfort
General information
Location	Longford, County Longford, N39 E3T9 Ireland
Coordinates	53.7245°N 7.7950°W / 53.7245; -7.7950
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	14
Bus operators	Andrew Wharton Coach Hire Bus Eireann TFI Local Link
Connections	22 23 65 73 425 426 451 463 466 467 469 865 975 LR24
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	LFORD
Fare zone	K
Key dates
1855	Station opened
Iarnród Éireann CIÉ IÉ railway stations
Location

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.

History

Dublin-Sligo main line
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

Western Commuter
Dublin–Sligo Line Longford Edgeworthstown Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfield (serves Ongar) Clonsilla Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Pelletstown 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 Tallaght or Saggart Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

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

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

The Sligo train in Longford.

Services

Train Services

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

Bus Services

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.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

External links

• Irish Rail Longford Station Website