Athlone West signal cabin (C) Albert Bridge

N0341 : Athlone West signal cabin

near to Baile Atha Luain, Athlone, Bellaugh and Doyles Bridge, Westmeath, Ireland

Athlone West signal cabin

Athlone West was a standard Midland Great Western design. Officially “Athlone West Junction cabin”, it controlled the junction for the lines to Galway (foreground) and Westport/Ballina. Now replaced by CTC and the semaphore signals by colour lights.

Athlone railway station :: N0441

Athlone had two junctions. One on the eastern side of the Shannon where the Great Southern and Western (GS&WR) line from Portarlington (Dublin Kingsbridge – Cork line) met the Midland Great Western (MGWR) line from Broadstone (Dublin), via Mullingar and Moate. The other, on the western side of the Shannon, where the MGWR lines to Galway and Westport/Ballina diverge.
The GS&WR station on the eastern side opened in 1850 and closed in 1929 when all services transferred to the MGWR station on the western side. The building remained standing and in use as the goods office. With the reduction in service over the line from Mullingar (it closed in 1987) CIE renovated the GS&WR station which re-opened in 1985 concurrently with the closure of the old MGWR one.

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year taken

1983

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Grid Square: N0341, 49 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 30 August, 1983 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 22 July, 2012
Geographical Context: City, Town centre Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 031 417 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:25.5592N 7:57.1741W
Photographer Location: Irish: N 031 417
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)