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Manulla Junction railway station

Railway transfer station in County Mayo, Ireland

Manulla Junction

Location within Ireland

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

Park West and

Cherry Orchard

Clondalkin/Fonthill

Kishoge

Adamstown

Hazelhatch and Celbridge

Straffan

1947

Sallins and Naas

Newbridge

Kildare

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

Foxford

Ballina

Castlebar

Westport

to Achill

1937

Westport Quay

1978

Ballina Branch line

Legend

Killala

Ballina

Foxford

Ballyvary

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

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, where Island Line trains only stop on days when the Isle of Wight Steam Railway is running, to allow passengers to change between lines.^[2]

History

The station opened on 1 May 1868.^[3]

The signal cabin at the eastern end was destroyed in the Irish Civil War and was replaced by one at the Westport end.^[4]

The station was closed to passengers joining or leaving the railway network in 1963; however, passengers can still disembark to the platforms for connections to and from the Ballina branch line.^[4]

In 1988, the signal cabin was replaced by a portacabin-style structure on the island platform.^[4]

Services

The weekday off-peak service is as follows:

4 trains per day to Dublin Heuston
4 trains per day to Westport
1 train every 2 hours to Ballina

Preceding station		Following station
Claremorris	InterCity Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line	Castlebar
Claremorris	InterCity Ballina branch line	Foxford
Terminus	Commuter Ballina Branch Line	Foxford

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.^[4]

References

^ http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=119&n=147 Archived 2019-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables
^ Marshall, Geoff. "Smallbrook Junction - Least Used Station Isle of Wight". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "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.