Athlone: GSWR Station

Southern Station Workers

This picture was taken outside one of the Goods Sheds at the Great Southern and Western Railway Station in Athlone in 1927. It shows a group of eighteen workers with their clerk of works (or engineer?). Looking at the range of tools it would seem that the workers include carpenters, plasterers and stone-masons. These workers were probably involved in the conversion of the station from a passenger station to a goods station. This railway station, which was closed to passenger services from 1927-1983, now serves as the railway station for Athlone.

© Westmeath Library Service
Southern Station Workers
© Westmeath Library Service

Southern Station Workers

This picture was taken outside one of the Goods Sheds at the Great Southern and Western Railway Station in Athlone in 1927. It shows a group of eighteen workers with their clerk of works (or engineer?). Looking at the range of tools it would seem that the workers include carpenters, plasterers and stone-masons. These workers were probably involved in the conversion of the station from a passenger station to a goods station. This railway station, which was closed to passenger services from 1927-1983, now serves as the railway station for Athlone.

© Westmeath Library Service
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Athlone: Great Southern & Western Railway Station

This elegant Italianiate station with its entrance through a recessed loggia of three arches was built to the design of George Wilkinson who is perhaps best known for his design of Irish Work-houses.

From 1859-1927 it served as the GSWR station. It then became a goods station with the passenger traffic transferred to the MGWR station. In 1985 it was re-opened and became the railway station for Athlone replacing the MGWR station which closed down


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