News Archive
28/12/2021 Laying tracks at Maam Cross
27/12/2021 Preparing the trackbed at Maam Cross – for track laying Tuesday December 28 2021! (video)
10/12/2021 Aerial view of our station at Maam Cross
29/11/2021 Building a replacement Signal Cabin at Maam Cross
27/11/2021 More work being done today in Maam cross
7/10/2021 Three truckloads of track panels arrived at Maam Cross today!
20/09/2021 Book launch – Photos
18/09/2021 Book launch “Rails through Connemara – The Galway-Clifden Railway”
26/06/2021 Latest video showing First Class rail travel in Connemara since 1935!
16/06/2021 Fabulous photos taken by Eamon Greville in June 2021!
5/06/2021 Busy day at Maam Cross Saturday June 5th. Our volunteers hard at work!
22/05/2021 New video from the air by Neil Dinnen
10/04/2021 More testing at Maam Cross, taking advantage of the beautiful Spring weather
10/04/2021 First Class train travel in Connemara
16/03/2021 Happy St Patick’s Day
25/01/2021 Maam cross latest
19/12/2020 More work being done today in Maam cross
19/09/2020 More work done on the site during the weekend of the 20-21 Sept
07/09/2020 New level crossing gates
13/07/2020 Video introduced by Éamon Ó Cuív, grand son of Éamon de Valera
27/06/2020 Work continues at Maam Cross
21/06/2020 More Work at Maam Cross: video
16/06/2020 Work continues at Maam Cross
15/04/2020 Steam to launch Connemara railway project
21/02/2020 Connemara Railway launches a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for the project
13/02/2020 First track due to arrive on Saturday 14-02-2020
02/08/2019 Final Grant of Permission (C3)
17/06/2019 Decision to Grant Permission
20/02/2019 Support the Project today – Appeal for funds
03/02/2019 Download Our New Brochure
30/11/2018 latest requests from Galway County Council ( GCC ) – for further information:
25/09/2018 Download the planning application submitted to Galway County Council:
Planning-application.pdf (Planning Ref No. 18/1357)