Early Development
The Midland Great Western Railway Act received the Royal Assent in July 1845, authorising it to railse £1,000,000 capital and to build a railway from Dublin to Mullingar and Longford and to buy the Royal Canal. Construction of the main line began from Dublin in January 1846 and proceeded westwards in stages. It opened from Broadstone (Dublin) as far as Enfield (County Meath) in May 1847, to Hill of Down in December 1847 and to Mullingar in October 1848.
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