Connemara Railway

[2] As of May 2021[update] a project is well underway to open a 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) stretch of line around Maam Cross station.

[2] The ultimate aim of the project is to get steam trains running on an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) stretch around Maam Cross,[3] where an all-weather Heritage Centre is to be set up.

[citation needed] Access to the site was gained on 14 February 2017, and the cost of the first phase of the project is expected to be c.

[5] The railway station buildings were completed c. 1896,[6] limestone being found under the peat when digging the foundations.

[7] The buildings remaining were a water tower, gatekeepers hut, goods shed and platforms.