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Disused railway station in Ireland

Recess railway station
The Hotel Platform halt in 1906. This was a simple affair two miles east of the more substantial Recess station where trains could pass
General information
LocationCounty Galway
Ireland
Coordinates53°27′57″N 9°45′14″W / 53.4659°N 9.7538°W / 53.4659; -9.7538
Platforms2 (plus one at Hotel)
History
Original companyMidland Great Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Southern Railways
Key dates
1895Station opens
1902Hotel Platform opens
1920Hotel Platform closes
1935Station closes
Route map
Legend
Clifden
Ballynahinch
Recess
Hotel Platform
Maam Cross
Oughterard
Ross
Moycullen
R. Corrib
Prospect Hill
Galway
Lough Atalia Bridge
To Athenry
Athlone & Dublin

Recess railway station was on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Clifden branch line from Galway and was situated in the heart of the Connemara tourism area in Ireland.

History

The station was opened in 1895, when services began from Galway, some 35+1⁄2 miles (57.1 km) distant, when the line fully opened to Clifden from the intermediate terminus at Oughterard. The station served the town of Recess, County Galway, in the heart of the Connemara tourism area. It was situated on Alexander Nimmo's road serving Galway and Clifden (now part of the N59 route.

The station closed with the line in 1935.

Hotel Platform

The Railway built a hotel at the station at Recess., with a one platform halt specifically for the hotel in 1902 some 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the main Recess station towards Maam Cross and Galway. In 1903 the hotel lunched Edward VII when he visited by motor car from Leanne, the king being escorted by about one hundred farmers mounted mostly bareback on Connemara ponies wearing Buffalo Bill hats and royal colours. The Hotel platform closed in 1920.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Shepherd (1994), p. 119.
  2. Ryan (1902), p. 206.
  3. Shepherd (1994), pp. 46–47.
  4. Ryan (1902), p. 214.
  5. Rasche (1999).
  6. Villiers-Tuthill (1995), The route.
  7. Villiers-Tuthill (1995), Promoting tourism.
  8. Tatlow (1920), pp. 173–174.

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