Castlewellan railway station

Castlewellan
General information
Location	County Down
Owned by	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Managed by	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Line(s)	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
24 March 1906	Station opens
2 May 1955	Station closes

Castlewellan railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

History

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) on 24 March 1906.

The station closed to passengers in 1955, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

The site today

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Leitrim		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Banbridge-Castlewellan		Terminus
Terminus		Belfast and County Down Railway Castlewellan-Newcastle		Newcastle

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.