Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway
The Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway 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. A new bridge is planned for Athlone.
The Moate-Garrycastle section was officially opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny in October 2015. In September 2015 the Westmeath Independent reported that the greenway could provide a "€15m boost" to the local economy.
The section has been extended up to Ballymahon road in December 2016 and will eventually extend into Athlone town.
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. Work is planned to begin by summer 2016.Access Points
The following is a list of the access points to the cycleway.
Location | Distance from Athlone | Distance to Mullingar | Coordinates |
Whitegates, Athlone | - | 40 | |
Garrycastle, Athlone | - | 40 | |
Mount Temple | 6 | 34 | |
Maghermore | 8 | 32 | |
Moate | 12 | 28 | |
Moate | 12 | 28 | |
Rosemount | 18 | 22 | |
Lisnagree | 21 | 19 | |
Streamstown | 23 | 17 | |
Garhy | 26.2 | 13.8 | |
Castletown Station | 28 | 12 | |
Dysart | 30 | 10 | |
Ballinea | 36 | 4 | |
Bellmount | 37.2 | 2.8 | |
Kilpatrick | 38.4 | 1.6 | |
Mullingar Newbrook | 40 | - | |
Mullingar Newbrook | 40 | - | |