Ballysodare railway station, currently with only the goods shed remaining, was located on the Dublin-Sligo railway line in

Ballysadare Ballysadare (), locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 kilometres (4 miles) south of Sligo town. The town developed on an important crossing of the Owenmore River. History Toponymy The Ox Mountains () are ...

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...

. The station opened on 3 December 1862. It was closed to passengers on 17 June 1963 and finally closing to goods on 3 November 1975. The station is believed to have been double tracked since opening, being singled in 1958. Ballysodare station was on the

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which became part of

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. From 1882 until 1957 it also was served by the last independent railway in the

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, the

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from

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. The Burma Road or the

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line to Claremorris Junction,

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and

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was served from the station as well as Sligo station. The station had its own small goods shed at the northern end of the west platform. Just beyond that a long siding diverged south westwards to the Flour Mills at Ballysadare; it was removed in the 1960s.

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