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The Great Western Greenway (Шаблон:Lang-ga) is a greenway rail trail in County Mayo, Ireland. It is Шаблон:Convert long and begins in Westport and ends in Achill, passing through the towns of Newport and Mulranny as it runs along the coast of Clew Bay.[1] It is an off-road trail intended for use by cyclists and walkers.[2] It follows the route of the former Achill extension of the Westport railway line, which was constructed in the 1890s and closed in 1937.[3] An estimated 300 people cycle and walk the trail each day, which was constructed at a cost of €5.7 million.[4] The first section, from Newport to Mulranny, was opened in April 2010.[5] It was named as the 2011 Irish winner of the European Destinations of Excellence award.[6] The full route was opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T. D. and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, T. D., on 29 July 2011.[4]

According to a 2013 study,[7] the Great Western Greenway had an average of 471 cycle trips per day, or 172,000 users in total per annum. It brings approximately €405,000 from non-domestic tourists and €737,000 from domestic tourists annually, giving the facility a payback period of 6 years from its initial construction.Шаблон:Fact

After reconstruction of part of the N59 at Kilbride,[8] and completed in September 2013, a section of the greenway that originally shared space on the road with cars and other traffic, is now safely segregated. However, there remains a Шаблон:Convert section through Newport town where greenway users share road space with other traffic.Шаблон:Fact

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