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Oranmore railway station

Ten minutes on the train from Oranmore to Ceannt Station beats most mornings on the N6. The station at Garraun, on the east side of the town, opened on Sunday 28 July 2013 as a park-and-ride with 140 car spaces run by the county council and bike racks, and it is served by the Dublin to Galway intercity as well as the commuter trains to Athenry, Athlone and Limerick.

Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.

Level crossing at Oranmore This is the Athenry to Galway railway line, about six kilometres from its terminus in Galway. The N18 crosses the line here.
Level crossing at Oranmore This is the Athenry to Galway railway line, about six kilometres from its terminus in Galway. The N18 crosses the line here.
Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Oranmore Castle, Rinville Castle on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.

1851, 1963, 2013

The Midland Great Western Railway opened the first Oranmore station in 1851 on its Dublin to Galway route. Córas Iompair Éireann closed it in 1963 and the building was sold as a private house, which is why the new station was built at Garraun rather than on the old site. It had been due to open in 2011 with Phase 1 of the Western Rail Corridor but was left out, and came two years later.

Where the trains go

Westward, every train ends at Galway. Eastward the commuter service runs to Athenry and on to Athlone, and via the corridor to Limerick, where connecting trains reach Limerick Junction for Tipperary and Waterford, and Cork. The model on this page pins the castle and Rinville; the getting-here page has the buses along the coast road.

Questions people ask

How long is the train from Oranmore to Galway?
About ten minutes to Galway Ceannt.
Is there parking at Oranmore station?
Yes, a 140-space car park owned and run by Galway County Council, plus bicycle parking.
When did Oranmore station open?
The current station opened on 28 July 2013; the original of 1851 closed in 1963.

Written from Wikipedia, "Oranmore 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.