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Donamon Railway Station.
The trains no longer stop at Donamon Railway Station and haven't done so since Thursday 20th. June 1963. This is our small collection of Donamon material. If you have more please contact us.
(Left):
A steam train stopping at Donamon signal cabin? No date.
(Right & below) Donamon station - 2009.
(Left): The Return Half of an Edmondson ticket to Donamon. Dated 23 May 1963 on back. The ticket is for "ONE BICYCLE. Accompanied by Passenger. From any GSRy station not more than 15 miles distant"
(Below left): The "DONAMON - Train Record Book - From 1 April 1963 to 20 June 1963". This is the last record book for the station as it closed on June 20th. at 6 pm. Last entry (below right) reads - "E.T.S. Instruments disconnected here by Lineman at 1.50 pm. P. Keenan off duty at 6 pm".
A memo from Athlone to Ballymoe, Roscommon & Donamon (left) with the official Donamon Station date stamp of 29 November 1957. (right). (My thanks to Joe Mooney for this material).
Images are not to scale.
Photo Postcard. With manuscript text "Donamon Station, Co. Roscommon" and "Class D5 4-4-0 loco No. 547 arriving at Donamon from Roscommon with Athlone to Westport train 19/7/1952"
CIE Edmondson ticket for one bicycle with passenger to any station not more than 15 miles distant.
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