Ballinalsoe-Athlone closed - bus transfers Galway-Athlone, Galway-Athenry/Woodlawn OK

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=569

Update 16.10hrs 21st November - Ballinasloe to Athlone line closed: flooding by Corporate Communications

UPDATE 21st November 2009, 16.10hrs

The Ballinalsoe to Athlone rail line is closed due to flooding.

Galway/Dublin services will operate with bus transfers between Galway and Athlone as a result.

Local trains will operate from Galway to Athenry/Woodlawn. However, customers travelling to and from stations between Athlone and Dublin should avail of the bus transfers detailed above.

These arrangements will continue until Sunday morning 22nd November at the earliest. Further details will be updated on this website.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=569

Update 10.20hrs 22nd November - Ballinasloe to Athlone line closed: flooding by Corporate Communications

UPDATE 22nd November 2009, 10.20hrs

The Ballinalsoe to Athlone rail line is closed due to flooding.

Galway/Dublin services will operate with bus transfers between Galway and Athlone as a result.

Local trains will operate from Galway to Athenry/Woodlawn. However, customers travelling to and from stations between Athlone and Dublin should avail of the bus transfers detailed above.

These arrangements will continue throughout today Sunday 22nd November. Further details will be updated on this website.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=569

Update 17.20hrs 22nd November - Ballinasloe to Athlone line closed: flooding by Corporate Communications

UPDATE 22nd November 2009, 17.20hrs

The Ballinalsoe to Athlone rail line is closed due to flooding.

Galway/Dublin services will operate with bus transfers between Galway and Athlone as a result.

Local trains will operate from Galway to Athenry/Woodlawn. However, customers travelling to and from stations between Athlone and Dublin should avail of the bus transfers detailed above.

These arrangements will continue until lunchtime Monday 23rd November at the earliest. Further details will be updated on this website.

[eoinmadden]

On Friday evening I went to take the 18:05 train from Galway to Attymon. The train terminated at Athenry. Bus transfers were then provided to Ballinasloe but not Attymon or Woodlawn.

[dowlingm]

How did you get to Attymon then?

[Mark Gleeson]

If it was possible to get there by road you should have been carried by whatever means at IE's expense

If you got a taxi and have receipt, write to IE and claim it back

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=569

Update 16.45hrs 23rd November - Galway to Athlone line reopens by Corporate Communications

UPDATE 23rd November 2009, 16.45hrs

The Galway to Athlone rail line has reopened following earlier flooding. Full services have resumed between Galway and Dublin.

However, due to flooded access roads, trains will not serve Ballinasloe Station.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=569

Update 11.45hrs 24th November - Galway to Athlone line open, Ballinasloe Station reopens by Corporate Communications

UPDATE 24th November 2009, 11.45hrs

The Galway to Athlone rail line reopened fyesterday following earlier flooding. Full services have resumed between Galway and Dublin.

Ballinasloe Station has also reopened today, as it had been inaccessible due to flooded access routes.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1124/weather.html

A number of key bridges are closed and several main roads in and out of the county are no longer passable and the worst hit areas continue to be Ballinsaloe, Portumna, Claregalway and Kiltartan near Gort.

In Ballinsaloe, flood levels in parts of the town have dropped by three inches overnight but there is still very serious flooding in housing estates on the outskirts of the town.

Ballinsaloe railway station is open but can only be reached by army trucks and transport vehicles as the road between the town and railway station is flooded.