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Oranmore, Co.Galway,
just east of
Galway City, is located on the mainline
from Dublin, opened by the Midland Great Western in 1851. Oranmore
Station closed in 1963, but the station retained a siding for oil
traffic until the early 1980s when that traffic ceased. The derelict and
now disconnected siding remains, though quite overgrown. The single
storey MGWR station building, now a private residence, and brick waiting
room remains. The up platform, and part of the down platform survives,
while the former goods shed has been incorporated into an industrial
unit. Oranmore Station is due to reopen soon along with the Western Rail
Corridor as it has become an important commuting town for Galway. |
.JPG "Oranmore Station, looking east towards Dublin, showing the former station building which closed in 1963.")
.JPG "The small brick MGWR waiting room on the up platform at Oranmore Station.")
.JPG "Oranmore Station, looking east towards Dublin from the west end of the up platform. To the right is the former oil siding.")
.JPG "The overgrown headshunt and buffer stop of the former oil siding at Oranmore Station, out of use since the early 1980s.")
.JPG "The overgrown and disconnected oil siding at Oranmore Station. The former goods yard was located beyond the up platform on the right.")
.JPG "The overgrown and disconnected oil siding at Oranmore Station.")
.JPG "The overgrown and disconnected oil siding at Oranmore Station. Note the remains of the oil pipes/pumps on the left.")
.JPG "The overgrown and disconnected oil siding at Oranmore Station. Note the remains of the oil pipes/pumps in the foreground.")
.JPG "The stone built goods shed at Oranmore Station, as viewed from the disused oil siding.")
.JPG "View from the west end of Oranmore Station looking towards Galway. To the right can be seen the former stone built MGWR goods shed.")
.JPG "View from the west end of Oranmore Station looking towards Galway. In the distance is the N6 Galway-Dublin road overbridge.")
.JPG "The automatic half barrier level crossing at Oranmore Station. It should be noted these gates only activated when the Galway bound train approached the curve in the distance!")
.JPG "The road side entrance into the former Oranmore Station. Note the original MGWR lamp on the left.")
.JPG "Adjacent to Oranmore Station is a scrap yard, which includes this short lenght of track, it's not connected to the mainline.")
.JPG "Adjacent to Oranmore Station is a scrap yard, which includes this short lenght of track, it's not connected to the mainline which can be seen behind the wall.")