Sligo MacDiarmada

Location type


Names and dates

Sligo (1863-1966)
Sligo MacDiarmada (1966-)

Opened on the Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway).




Dates

  /  /1855Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Opened from Mullingar (Midland Great Western Railway) to Longford. First step in the line to Sligo.
  /  /1857Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Act gives permission for line from Longford to Strokestown, Boyle and Sligo.
  /  /1862Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Opened from Longford (Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) to Sligo.
  /  /1864Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Permanent station at Sligo opened.
  /  /1864Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Sligo to Ballysodare doubled.
  /  /1890Claremorris and Swinford Railway Collooney and Swinford Railway
Light railway companies created for the Waterford and Limerick Railway to complete from Claremorris (Great Northern and Western Railway)to Sligo Collooney Junction (Midland Great Western Railway). Initially proposed by the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway.
  /  /1894Great Northern and Western Railway
Claremorris further expanded in anticipation of the Waterford and Limerick Railway supported Claremorris to Sligo route opening.
  /  /1895Claremorris and Swinford Railway Collooney and Swinford Railway
Sligo branch of the Waterford and Limerick Railway opened from Claremorris South terminus (Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway) to Claremorris (Great Northern and Western Railway) and on to Collooney Junction (Midland Great Western Railway), Sligo.
  /  /1922Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Sligo station burned down.
  /  /1928Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Sligo station replaced.
  /  /1959Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Ballysodare to Sligo singled following the closure of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway in 1957.