Owned by Iarnród Éireann Structure type At-grade Province Connacht Platforms in use 2 | Operated by Iarnród Éireann Opened 1861 Owner Iarnród Éireann | |
Location Devlis, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, F35 NX61
Republic of Ireland Address Friarsground, Co. Mayo, Ireland Similar Castlerea railway station, Claremorris railway station, Manulla Junction railway st, Ballinasloe railway station, Ballina railway station | ||
Ballyhaunis railway station serves the town of Ballyhaunis in County Mayo, Ireland.
The station is on the Dublin to Westport Rail service. Passengers to or from Galway travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Ballina and Foxford travel to Manulla Junction and change trains.
History
The station opened on 1 October 1861 (although some sources list 9 September 1861) and its 150th anniversary was celebrated in 2011 by a Ballyhaunis Railway Station-themed edition of the local annual Annagh Magazine.
Passenger traffic through the station increased notably in the form of pilgrims following the claim in 1879 that there had been an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist and Jesus Christ (as the Lamb of God) in the nearby town of Knock.