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Bagenalstown Bagenalstown ( ), officially named Muine Bheag (), is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. History and name The town grew within the townland of Moneybeg, from Irish ''Muine Bheag'' or ''Muinebheag'' (meaning "small th ...

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Leighlinbridge Leighlinbridge (; ) is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. The N9 National primary route once passed through the village, which was by-passed in the 1980s. It now lies on the R705 regional road. It covers the townla ...

in the same county. It is a station on the

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intercity route. Muine Bheag Railway Station (geograph 4687079)

The station is staffed; the main platform is fully accessible but the far-side platform (used only when two trains pass in the station) is accessible only by stairs and a footbridge.

History

The station opened on 24 July 1848 as ''Bagnalstown'' (renamed ''Bagenalstown'' by April 1910). The station was designed by

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. Opened by the

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, the station was amalgamated into the

Great Southern Railways The Great Southern Railways Company (often Great Southern Railways, or GSR) was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State (the present-day Republic of Ireland). The p ...

. The line was then nationalised, passing to the Córas Iompair Éireann with the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945. The station was closed to passengers on 30 March 1963 and for goods traffic on 6 September 1976. Although the station closed the line remained open. Station passed on to the

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in 1986 and was re-opened, renamed ''Muine Bheag'', in 1988. The station nameboards bore solely the Irish language name until c.2015 when they were replaced with the bilingual ''Muine Bheag/Bagenalstown''.

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External links

Iarnród Éireann Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Station Website
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History

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