Clara railway station
Clara Clóirtheach  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Railway View, Clara, County Offaly, R35 V202 Ireland | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°20′23″N 7°36′56″W / 53.339656°N 7.615668°W | ||||
| Owned by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
| Operated by | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Bus routes | 1 | ||||
| Bus operators | TFI Local Link | ||||
| Connections | 840 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
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| Station code | CLARA | ||||
| Fare zone | H | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1859 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 81,532[1] | |||||
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Clara railway station serves the town of Clara in County Offaly.
The station lies on the Dublin to Galway and Dublin to Westport or Ballina line.[2]
History
The station opened on 3 October 1859.[3]
Clara was once a railway junction, with a branch to Streamstown on the now disused Athlone–Mullingar link.
Accidents and incidents
- On 9 March 2019, a woman was seriously injured after being hit by a train to Westport near the station. Services were suspended for a few hours as a result.
See also
References
- ^ https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/tullamore-tribune/1775698/marked-increase-in-numbers-travelling-by-train-from-tullamore-and-clara.html
- ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables
- ^ "Clara station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
External links
| Preceding station | Iarnród Éireann
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Following station | ||
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| Tullamore | InterCity Dublin-Westport/Galway railway line |
Athlone | ||
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