Manulla Junction railway station

Manulla Junction railway station
Manulla Junction railway station
	Manulla Junction in 2015
General information
Location	Skiddernagh, County Mayo; Ireland
Coordinates	53°49′41″N 9°11′33″W / 53.82792°N 09.192579°WCoordinates: 53°49′41″N 9°11′33″W / 53.82792°N 09.192579°W
Distance	145 miles 71 chains (234.8 km)
History
Opened	1868
Original company	Midland Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1963	Closed except for inter-train transfers

Dublin to
Galway/Westport

Legend

Year

closed

Phoenix Park Tunnel

to Dublin Connolly

Luas Red Line

to Dublin Connolly & The Point

Dublin Heuston

Luas Red Line

to Tallaght & Saggart

Inchicore Works

Adamstown

Hazelhatch and Celbridge

1947

Dublin–Waterford line

Monasterevin

Portarlington

Dublin to Cork line

Tullamore

Horseleap Branch

to Mullingar

1964

Clara

Athlone

Ballinasloe

Woodlawn

Attymon

Western Railway Corridor

to Limerick

Athenry

to Collooney

Manulla Junction

Exchange

only

to Achill

1937

Westport Quay

1978

Ballina Branch line

Legend

Ballina

Foxford

Dublin-Westport line

to Westport

Manulla Junction

Dublin-Westport line

to Dublin Heuston

Manulla Junction railway station is a transfer point for train passengers in County Mayo, Ireland.

Description[]

Manulla Junction in 1985

Passengers cannot enter or leave the station; it is only for passengers travelling to or from Foxford or Ballina, who transfer to or from Dublin–Westport trains.^[1]

A similar station is Smallbrook Junction, Isle of Wight, England.^{[further explanation needed]}

History[]

The station opened on 1 May 1868.^[2]

The signal cabin at eastern end was destroyed in the Irish Civil War and replaced by one at the Westport end.^[3]

The station was closed to passengers joining or leaving the railway network in 1963; however, passengers could still disembark to the platforms for connections to and from the Ballina branch line.^[3]

In 1988 the signal cabin was replaced by a portacabin-style structure on the island platform.^[3]

Incidents[]

On 5 September 1910, a train overran signals and 15 people were injured. The night mail had run into the engine of the branch line train and it was found shunting procedures at Manulla needed to be changed.^[3]

Media[]

Michael Portillo was filmed waiting at Manulla Junction in Great British Railway Journeys episode "Ballina to Westport" at IMDb

References[]

^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2019-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables
^ "Manulla Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shepherd, Ernie (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland - An illustrated History. Midland Publishing Limited. pp. 81, 106, 139. ISBN 1-85780-008-7.

External links[]

Irish Rail Manulla Junction Website

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann	Following station
Claremorris	InterCity Dublin-Westport	Castlebar
Claremorris	InterCity Dublin-Ballina	Foxford
Terminus	Commuter Ballina Branch Line	Foxford

[1] ttp://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2019-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables

[2] "Manulla Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2007.

[ES-Manualla-1-3] Shepherd, Ernie (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland - An illustrated History. Midland Publishing Limited. pp. 81, 106, 139. ISBN 1-85780-008-7.

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