Poyntzpass railway station
General information | |
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Location | Poyntzpass Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°17′33″N 6°22′19″W / 54.2924°N 6.3720°W |
Owned by | NI Railways |
Operated by | NI Railways |
Platforms | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Key dates | |
1862 | Station opened |
1965 | Station closed |
1984 | Station re-opened |
Poyntzpass railway station serves Poyntzpass in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The station was opened on 6 January 1862. It was closed by the Ulster Transport Authority in 1965, and reopened in 1984 by Northern Ireland Railways.[1]
Service
There is a limited service from the station, with four trains towards Newry or Bangor on Mondays to Saturdays only.
There is no Sunday service.
Poyntzpass railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise service en route to Dublin Connolly.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Poyntzpass railway station.
- ^ "Poyntzpass station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-28.