Longford railway station

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LocationLongford, County Longford, N39 E3T9
Ireland
Coordinates53°43′28″N 7°47′42″W / 53.7245°N 7.7950°W / 53.7245; -7.7950
Longford

An Longfort
Iarnród Éireann
General information
LocationLongford, County Longford, N39 E3T9
Ireland
Coordinates53°43′28″N 7°47′42″W / 53.7245°N 7.7950°W / 53.7245; -7.7950
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Bus operators
Connections
  • 22
  • 23
  • 65
  • 73
  • 425
  • 426
  • 451
  • 466
  • 469
  • 816
  • 862
  • 865
  • LR24
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeLFORD
Fare zoneK
Key dates
1855Station opened
Location
Longford railway station building

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

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.

Longford railway station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 8 November 1855[1] 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 TFI Local Link routes stop immediately outside the station.

See also

References

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