Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway

The Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway (also known as Old Rail Trail)[2][3] is a long-distance cycling and walking trail in County Westmeath, which forms a section of the Dublin-Galway Greenway. It is a 40 kilometres long rail-trail over the disused Athlone-Mullingar rail line beginning in Athlone and ending in Mullingar.[4][5] A new bridge is planned for Athlone.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Looking towards Athlone
Looking towards Mullingar
Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway
Bridge on the greenway
Length40 kilometres (25 miles) [1]
LocationCounty Westmeath, Ireland
UseCycling, Walking
Hiking details
Trail difficultyEasy
SeasonAny
SurfaceTarmac
WebsiteAthlone.ie
Map of the EuroVelo 2 route.

The Moate-Garrycastle section was officially opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny in October 2015.[4][13][14][15][16][17][18] In September 2015 the Westmeath Independent reported that the greenway could provide a "€15m boost" to the local economy.[19]

The section has been extended up to Ballymahon road (White gates) in December 2016 and will eventually extend into Athlone town.[12][20]

Plans, by a community development organisation in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, are underway to connect the Greenway to the Offaly Cycleways at Kilbeggan with a greenway to Tullamore, County Offaly.[21] Work is planned to begin by summer 2016.[21][22]

Access Points

The following is a list of the access points to the cycleway.[23]

Location Distance from Athlone (km) Distance to Mullingar (km) Coordinates
Whitegates, Athlone - 40 53.427995, -7.931805
Garrycastle, Athlone - 40 53.422411, -7.899979
Mount Temple 6 34 53.402258, -7.816096
Maghermore 8 32 53.399294, -7.781841
Moate (Dún na Sí Park) 12 28 53.398406, -7.736041
Moate (Station) 12 28 53.399177, -7.723514
Rosemount 18 22 53.415931, -7.641321
Lisnagree 21 19 53.415931, -7.641321
Streamstown 23 17 53.435258, -7.570478
Garhy (R391) 26.2 13.8 53.450029, -7.531310
Castletown Station 28 12 53.454793, -7.522229
Dysart 30 10 53.476641, -7.480747
Ballinea 36 4 53.502709, -7.431523
Bellmount 37.2 2.8 53.508298, -7.403209
Kilpatrick 38.4 1.6 53.509364, -7.390320
Mullingar Newbrook (Canal Link) 40 - 53.517095, -7.368273
Mullingar Newbrook (Roundabout Access) 40 - 53.509364, -7.390320

See also

References
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  2. O'Shea, Susan (23 December 2019). "12 things to get you off the couch this Christmas". IrishExaminer.com.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Midlands Greenway official opening on October 18". Westmeath Examiner. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. "Work underway at Moate Railway Station". Athlone Advertiser. 9 July 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015 – via pagesuite-professional.co.uk.
  6. Grace, Robert (10 December 2015). "Councillors welcome latest proposed design for Athlone's cycleway bridge". Athlone Advertiser. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.
  7. "Galway to Dublin Cycleway". Westmeath County Council. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  8. "Local councillors had a chance to check on the progress of the Greenway cycleway project as works reached Moate last week". Athlone Advertiser. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  9. Melia, Paul (27 June 2014). "Wheels in motion for 280km coast-to-coast cycle route". Irish Independent. Dublin. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  10. "€10m More For Cycleways". HospitalityIreland.com. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. Daly, Maria (9 October 2014). "Council confirm plans for new towncentre bridge as part of cycleway". Athlone Advertiser. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  12. Fagan, Ronan (30 August 2018). "Greenway extension progress boost as funding is announced". Athlone Advertiser. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  13. McDermott, Eoghan (18 October 2015). "Kenny wants national strategy for walks and trails". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  14. "Taoiseach to officially open Greenway this Sunday". 5 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  15. "Taoiseach to perform official opening of Mullingar to Garrycastle cycleway". Shannonside FM. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  16. "Athone to Mullingar Greenway set to open within weeks". IrishCycle.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  17. Cusack, Adrian (18 May 2015). "Countdown is on to opening of Athlone to Mullingar cycleway". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  18. "Welcome to Greenways Westmeath". Westmeath County Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  19. Cusack, Adrian (2 September 2015). "local greenway could provide '€15m boost'". Westmeath Independent. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  20. "Council looking to push forward plans for extension of Greenway". Athlone Advertiser. 5 May 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016 – via pagesuite-professional.co.uk.
  21. "Kilbeggan track could be 'midlands Greenway'". Westmeath Examiner. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  22. "Taoiseach to open Athlone-Mullingar Greenway this afternoon". Shannonside FM. 18 October 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.
  23. "Old Rail Trail - Route Map". Westmeath County Council. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017.

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