Ballinasloe railway station
Ballinasloe's station is one of the handsomest on the Dublin to Galway line: a Tudor-style building of many gables designed by George Wilkinson for the Midland Great Western Railway and opened on 1 August 1851, kept in good order ever since. Every Dublin to Galway train stops here, an hour or so from either end.
Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.
Wilkinson's building
The gables that break the roofline are the point of the design; the station was built as part of the Midland Great Western's push across the country, which tied remote places to the cities and the ports, and it is counted of considerable social and historical significance for that. It has been maintained rather than replaced, which is rarer than it should be.
Trains and buses
The station is on the Dublin to Galway service. For Westport travel to Athlone and change; for Limerick and Ennis change at Athenry. Outside on the road, TFI Local Link Galway buses serve Loughrea, Portumna, Castlerea station and Ballinasloe hospital. The town centre and the fair green on Society Street are a short walk; the model on this page pins the streets between.
Questions people ask
Is Ballinasloe on the Dublin to Galway train line?
How do I get from Ballinasloe to Westport by train?
When was Ballinasloe station built?
Written from Wikipedia, "Ballinasloe railway station" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.