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Midland Great Western Railway
1920 map of the railway
Overview
HeadquartersDublin
Dates of operation1845–1924
SuccessorGreat Southern Railways
Technical
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Length538 miles 6 chains (865.9 km) (1919)[1]
Track length786 miles 39 chains (1,265.7 km) (1919)[1]

The Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) was the third largest Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway company in Ireland. It was incorporated in 1845 and absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1924. At its peak the MGWR had a network of 538 miles (866 km), making it Ireland's third largest network after the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) and the Great Northern Railway of Ireland.[2]

The MGWR served part of Leinster, County Cavan in Ulster and much of Connacht. Its network was entirely within what in 1922 became the Irish Free State.

  1. ^ a b The Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 217.
  2. ^ Casserley 1974, p. 92.

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