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Roscommon railway station serves the town of Roscommon in County Roscommon, Ireland. The station is on the Dublin to Westport Rail service. Passengers to or from Galway must travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Ballina and Foxford will need to travel to Manulla Junction and change trains. [1]
Information about stations in the Republic of Ireland is sourced from Irish Rail's API, while details for stations in Northern Ireland served by the Enterprise come from the same source. Codes for other Northern Irish stations are obtained from the Translink NI Railways API and Tiger.worldline.global. Some stations have dual codes, with one for ...
The present station occupies only a small part of the old station building. The original station was expanded greatly during the latter part of the 19th century as it served what was then Ireland's largest emigration port which was also an important way-point as the last port between Western Europe and North America.
The Irish road network has evolved separately in the two jurisdictions into which Ireland is divided, while the Irish rail network was mostly created prior to the partition of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland , the Minister for Transport , acting through the Department of Transport , is responsible for the state's road network, rail network ...
The first railway in Ireland opened in 1834. At its peak in 1920, Ireland had 5,600 km (3,480 mi) of railway; now only about half of this remains. A large area around the border has no rail service. Ireland's first light rail line was opened on 30 June 2004.
The LED display is showing "Destination: Pearse Station" in Irish. A Mark 4 carriage on the Dublin–Cork railway line The original four rails logo 1987–1994. Iarnród Éireann, (Irish pronunciation: [ˈiəɾˠnˠɾˠoːd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]) or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland.
Rhetoric aside the line has seen massive growth as reported in the Irish Times: "Of particular note was the growth in passenger numbers on the western rail corridor, which saw a 72.5 per cent increase from 29,000 to 50,000 journeys through the Ennis- Athenry section of the line."
Commuter (Irish: Comaitéir) is a brand of suburban rail services operated by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, serving the cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. This brand is distinct from the longer distance InterCity brand, and Dublin's higher frequency DART brand. Most Commuter services share a track with InterCity services.