Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway

Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway
Bridge on the greenway
Length42 kilometres (26 miles)[1]
LocationCounty Westmeath, Ireland
UseCycling, walking
DifficultyEasy
SeasonAny
SurfaceTarmac
WebsiteAthlone.ie - Old Rail Trail
Map of the EuroVelo 2 route.

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 42 kilometres long rail-trail over the disused Athlone-Mullingar rail line beginning in Athlone and ending in Mullingar.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Old Rail Trail Westmeath" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ O'Shea, Susan (23 December 2019). "12 things to get you off the couch this Christmas". IrishExaminer.com.
  3. ^ "Westmeath County Council - News". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  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.