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Tuam railway station, the Glossary

Tuam railway station is a largely disused railway station in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.^[1]

23 relations: Athenry, Athenry railway station, Ballyglunin railway station, CIÉ, Claremorris, Claremorris railway station, County Galway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Great Southern Railways, Heritage railway, Iarnród Éireann, InterCity (Iarnród Éireann), Intermodal container, Limerick, Locomotive, Passing loop, Sligo, Token (railway signalling), Train station, Transport 21, Tuam, Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway, Western Railway Corridor.
Buildings and structures in Tuam
Iarnród Éireann stations in County Galway
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1976
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1860

Athenry

Athenry is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies east of Galway city.

Athenry railway station

Athenry railway station serves the town of Athenry in County Galway. Tuam railway station and Athenry railway station are Iarnród Éireann stations in County Galway.

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Ballyglunin railway station (Irish: Stáisiún traenach Bhéal Átha Glúinín) is a disused railway station close to the village of Ballyglunin in County Galway. Tuam railway station and Ballyglunin railway station are railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1976 and railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1860.

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CIÉ

italic, or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport within the Republic and jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (which trades as Translink), for the railway service between Dublin and Belfast, via Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry and Portadown.

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Claremorris

Claremorris is a town in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, at the junction of the N17 and the N60 national routes.

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Claremorris railway station

Claremorris railway station serves the town of Claremorris in County Mayo, Ireland.

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County Galway

County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland.

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Great Southern and Western Railway

The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) was an Irish gauge railway company in Ireland from 1844 until 1924.

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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).

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Iarnród Éireann

Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland.

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InterCity (Iarnród Éireann)

InterCity (IdirChathrach) is the brand name given to rail services operated by Iarnród Éireann that run between Dublin and other major cities in Ireland.

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Intermodal container

An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo.

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Limerick

Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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Passing loop

A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.

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Sligo

Sligo (Sligeach, meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht.

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Token (railway signalling)

In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.

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Train station

A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.

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Transport 21

Transport 21 was an Irish infrastructure plan, announced in November 2005.

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Tuam

Tuam (Tuaim, meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway.

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Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway

The Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (WL&WR), formerly the Waterford and Limerick Railway up to 1896, was at the time it was amalgamated with the Great Southern and Western Railway in 1901 the fourth largest railway in Ireland, with a main line stretching from Limerick to Waterford and branches to Sligo and Tralee.

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Western Railway Corridor

The Western Railway Corridor is a term, used since, for a partly disused railway line running through the west of Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuam_railway_station