It is beside a level crossing on the R359 regional road in the village of Woodlawn in County Galway, Ireland.

Passengers to or from Limerick and Ennis travel to Athenry and change trains.

[1] The station opened on 1 August 1858 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 June 1978.

On 26 April 2011, a protest numbering some two hundred local people took place at the station.

[3] All intercity trains from Galway to Dublin call at woodlawn a bihourly scheadle and hourly in peak times.