Gort | |
Native Name: | An Gort |
Native Name Lang: | GA |
Symbol: | rail |
Symbol Location: | ie |
Address: | Gort, County Galway |
Country: | Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.0664°N -8.8167°W |
Opened: | 15 September 1869 |
Closed: | 5 April 1976 |
Rebuilt: | March 2010 |
Owned: | Iarnród Éireann |
Operator: | Iarnród Éireann |
Gort railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland.
The station originally opened on 15 September 1869 and closed on 5 April 1976. As part of Iarnród Éireann's Western Rail Corridor project, under the Transport 21 plan, Iarnród Éireann rebuilt the station.[1] Work on Gort station was planned to start in 2008. However, an objection raised by a local company on the basis of traffic hazards regarding the proposal to rebuild the old station.[2] In January 2009, this objection was withdrawn, allowing Iarnród Éireann to begin work rebuilding the station.[3] The new station opened in March 2010.[4]