Woodlawn railway station

Railway station in County Galway, Ireland

Woodlawn Móta
Station (platform left) from the level crossing with R359 road
General information
Location	Woodlawn, County Galway, H53 VK16 Ireland
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	WLAWN
Fare zone	M
Key dates
1858	Station opened

Dublin to
Galway/Westport

Legend

Year

closed

Phoenix Park Tunnel

to Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Dublin Connolly & The Point

Dublin Heuston

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght & Saggart

Inchicore Works

Park West and

Cherry Orchard

Clondalkin/Fonthill

Kishoge

Adamstown

Hazelhatch and Celbridge

Straffan

1947

Sallins and Naas

Newbridge

Kildare

Dublin–Waterford line

Monasterevin

Portarlington

Dublin to Cork line

Tullamore

Horseleap Branch

to Mullingar

1964

Clara

Athlone

Ballinasloe

Woodlawn

Attymon

Western Railway Corridor

to Limerick

Athenry

to Collooney

Manulla Junction

Exchange

only

Foxford

Ballina

Castlebar

Westport

to Achill

1937

Westport Quay

1978

Woodlawn railway station is a railway station situated on the Dublin-Galway line. It is beside a level crossing on the R359 regional road in the village of Woodlawn in County Galway, Ireland.

The station is on the Dublin to Galway Rail service. Passengers to or from Westport travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Limerick and Ennis travel to Athenry and change trains.^[1]

History

The station opened on 1 August 1858 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 June 1978.^[2]

Facilities

The station has an accessible waiting room and toilet. A ticket machine is located at the entrance to the platform. The car park is currently free of charge.

Additional trains from January 2013

The new Iarnród Éireann timetable introduced on 20 January 2013 sees three additional eastbound trains and one additional Galway-bound train serving the station.^[3]

Local requests for better service

On 26 April 2011, a protest numbering some two hundred local people took place at the station. The local action group is requesting that Iarnród Éireann improve the eastbound service from the station by allowing a morning Galway to Dublin train to serve the station.^[4]

References

^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables
^ "Woodlawn station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Galway residents seek improved train services". RTÉ News. 26 April 2011.