Ennis railway station serves the town of Ennis

Ennis

Ennis is the county town of Clare in Ireland. Situated on the River Fergus, it lies north of Limerick and south of Galway. Its name is a shortening of the original ....

 in County Clare

County Clare

-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The station forms part of the Western Railway Corridor

Western Railway Corridor

The Western Railway Corridor , or Conair Iarnróid an Iarthair , in Ireland is a recent term for a mostly disused railway line running through the West of Ireland...

, the name given to a group of lines in the west of Ireland between Limerick

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

 and Sligo

Sligo

Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...

. Passenger services along these lines have been run down since the mid 1970s, until it was proposed to utilise the National Development Plan

National Development Plan

National Development Plan is the title given by the Irish Government to a scheme of organised large-scale expenditure on national infrastructure. The period covered by the seven year plan runs from 2000 to 2006. A second National Development Plan is currently in progress and is due to run until...

 to fund regeneration of the railway in the west. The regular passenger service Limerick Claremorris through Ennis shut 5th April 1976. Limerick Ennis recommenced two days a week in 1988, four days a week 19th February 1993 and full six days a week from 16th May 1994. The re-opening to Athenry as part of the Limerick Galway Western Rail Corridor project took place officially on the 29th March 2010 and for the public on 30th March 2010. Five services pass through Ennis on the Limerick Galway run from that date with more just running Limerick Ennis..

Services run from Limerick Colbet

Limerick railway station

Limerick railway station serves the city of Limerick in County Limerick. It is on Parnell St, and is the main station on the Limerick Suburban Rail network....

 to Galway Ceannt

Galway railway station

Galway railway station serves the city of Galway in County Galway. The Station itself is located in the centre of the city in Eyre Square. The station is to be redeveloped in the near future, as part of the Ceannt Station Quarter project.The station opened on 1 August 1851...

 calling at Sixmilebridge

Sixmilebridge railway station

Sixmilebridge railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Sixmilebridge in County Clare, Ireland. It is located on the Shannon Road less than 1 km from the village...

, Ennis, Gort

Gort railway station

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...

, Ardrahan

Ardrahan railway station

Ardrahan railway station serves the village of Ardrahan in County Galway, Republic of Ireland.-History:Opened by the Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway, at the beginning of the 20th century the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway and then Great Southern Railways.The station...

, Craughwell

Craughwell railway station

Craughwell railway station is a railway station serving the village of Craughwell in County Galway. A station existed in the town until the closure to passengers of the line from Ennis-Athenry in 1976. As part of Iarnród Éireann's Western Rail Corridor project, under the Transport 21 plan, Iarnród...

 and Athenry

Athenry railway station

Athenry railway station, on the Dublin-Galway line, serves the town of Athenry in County Galway. It also serves trains passing to Limerick in the south. It once served Tuam & Claremorris in the north, this service may be resumed, see Western Rail Corridor....

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In mid-February 2008 the train service between Ennis and Limerick

Limerick railway station

Limerick railway station serves the city of Limerick in County Limerick. It is on Parnell St, and is the main station on the Limerick Suburban Rail network....

 was suspended due to severe flooding on a section of the line running through Newmarket-on-Fergus

Newmarket-on-Fergus

Newmarket-on-Fergus, historically known as Corracatlin , is a town in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland. It is 13 kilometers from Ennis, 8 kilometers from Shannon Airport, and 24 kilometers from Limerick.-History:...

. Further flooding in the winter of 2009/2010 delayed the completion of the Western Rail Corridor project whose first timetable carried a January 2010 issue date even though it was 29th March 2010 before the first train ran.

Facilities

There are two platforms in the station, platform 2 is built on a passing loop. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. There is a cannopy over a section of platform 1. Both platforms have benches, bins and information displays. Platform 1 has a help point. Inside the station there is a ticket office with hatches and ticket machines. There is also a waiting room which has vending machines. The station is beside the bus station.