Notes: The Great Northern & Western Railway opened the line between Athlone and Roscommon on the 13th February 1860, and the extension to Castlerea was completed on the 15th November 1860. In 1863 the Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway was authorised to build a branch from Kilfree on the Sligo line. The branch opened on 2nd November 1874 with an intermediate station at Edmondstown; freight on the branch was mainly agricultural with three passenger trains a day.

The line was absorbed into the Midland & Great Western Railway in 1879 and a second intermediate station at Island Road was opened on 1st July 1909.

The line closed to passengers and freight on 4th February 1963