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Achill

*Acaill, Oileán Acla*
Achill; Acaill, Oileán Acla
	Achill Railway station in the early 20th century
General information
Location	Achill Sound, County Mayo; Ireland
Coordinates	53°56′03″N 9°55′06″W / 53.93417°N 9.91833°W
Distance	27 miles to Westport
History
Opened	1895
Closed	1937
Original company	Midland Great Western Railway
Key dates
18 May 1895	Station opens
31 December 1934	Station closes to passenger traffic, becomes freight only
20 May 1936	Station reopens fully to passenger traffic
1 October 1937	Station closes

Achill station served Achill in County Mayo, Ireland and was the terminus of the line which connected to Westport via Mallaranny (Mulranny) and Newport.

History edit

It was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1895, which was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railway in 1924, and closed in 1937.^[1]

The station is now a hostel and the route to Westport was used for the Great Western Greenway trail.

Achill station circa 1994

Beaumont, Jonathan (2002). Rails to Achill: A West of Ireland branch line. Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853615888.
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.^{[page needed]}

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Mallaranny (Mulranny)		Midland Great Western Railway Westport-Achill		Terminus