Balla railway stationBalla railway station served the village of Balla in County Mayo, Ireland.HistoryOpened by the Great Northern and Western Railway, the station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.TodayTrains on the Dublin Heuston to Westport still pass the site. Newspaper reports in December 2021 reported on the reopening of the station in the event of a reopening of the Western Rail Corridor from Galway to Sligo and the reopening of the Athlone to Mullingar railway line would shorten train journey to Dublin closed railway stations must be reopen to cut down on Traffic Jams, Parking, Road Deaths, Pollution and Car Accidents.