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Old Rail Trail: Athlone - Streamstown

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Distance
16.25 mi
Elevation gain
295 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
125 ft
Max elevation
320 ft
TrailRank 
32
Min elevation
114 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
2 hours 33 minutes
Coordinates
1465
Uploaded
June 13, 2021
Recorded
June 2021
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near Athlone, Leinster (Ireland)

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Itinerary description

42km long greenway along the historic Midlands Great Western Railway - an Irish gauge (1,600 mm) railway operating between Galway and Dublin.

Athlone MGWR station opened in 1851. The line was closed in 1985 and the station for Athlone was transferred to the newly renovated Great Southern and Western Railway station, which had closed in 1927.

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