Oughterard railway station was on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Galway to Clifden railway.

The station was the interim terminus on the 49+1⁄4 miles (79.3 km) line to Clifden, being 16+1⁄2 miles (26.6 km) from Galway The inaugural train, the 08:00 from Galway on 1 January 1895 arrived at 9:15am, bringing MGWR General Manager Joseph Tatlow and entourage, who retired to an hotel for refreshments. The 9:25am return left Oughterard with a mere seven passengers, part of the reason being New Year's Day was a strict Church holyday.

The station proved useful in bringing tourists and anglers to the Ouhterard area.

The station closed with the line in 1935.

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• Sellers, Ray (19 July 2010). "The First train to Oughterard". Oughterard Heritage. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

• Ryan, J. H. (1902). "The Galway to Clifden Railway". Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. 28. Dublin: 203–236. doi:10.48495/tm70mz48v.