Balla railway station

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Balla
Location	Balla, County Mayo Ireland
Coordinates	53°47′43″N 9°07′51″W / 53.7952°N 9.13085°W / 53.7952; -9.13085
Elevation	148 ft
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	Station & goods shed
History
Opened	19 May 1862
Closed	15 June 1963
Original company
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Claremorris   Midland Great Western Railway Dublin-Westport/Ballina   Manulla Junction

Balla railway station served the village of Balla in County Mayo, Ireland.

History[]

Opened by the , the station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the ^[1] which took effect from 1 January 1945.^{[citation needed]}

The site today[]

Trains on the Dublin Heuston to Westport still pass the site. Newspaper reports in December 2021 reported on the reopening of the station on the event of reopening the Western Rail Corridor in future getting from Galway to Sligo. In a bid to cut on Traffic Jams, Pollution, Car Accidents and Road Deaths.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.

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