Transport · Loughrea

Loughrea railway station

Loughrea had its own railway for eighty-five years, a short branch north to Attymon Junction on the main line, where passengers changed for Galway or Dublin. It opened in 1890 and the last train ran on 3 November 1975. The station building still stands, though by 2018 it was too run down to be opened to the public, and its old water tower has been built into the industrial unit next door.

Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.

Loughrea station (5). G616 at Loughrea with the 20.10 to Attymon Jct – the classic Loughrea scene.
Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

St. Brendan's Cathedral, Lough Rea on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.

Attymon Junction

Attymon, the smallest station on the Dublin to Galway line, opened as a junction on 1 December 1890 with three platforms and a footbridge to serve the Loughrea branch; when the branch closed in 1975 the link was lifted, and the footbridge now carries commuters at a Dublin suburban station. A preservation group, Westrail, hoped to reopen the line as a tourist railway and could not. The Model Railway Society of Ireland has recreated Loughrea station in OO gauge. Today the nearest trains are at Attymon and Athenry; the getting-here page lists the buses, and the model on this page pins the lake and the cathedral.

Questions people ask

Does Loughrea have a train station?

Not any more; the branch from Attymon closed on 3 November 1975, and the nearest stations are Attymon and Athenry.

When did Loughrea station open?

In 1890, as the terminus of the Loughrea and Attymon branch line.

Written from Wikipedia, "Loughrea 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.