Downpatrick railway station
| Downpatrick | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Downpatrick |
| Area | County Down |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Belfast and County Down Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Belfast and County Down Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 23 March 1859 | Station opens |
| 24 April 1950 | Station closes |
| 1990 | Station Reopened by DCDR (On a new site) |
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Downpatrick railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway, which ran its longest route from Belfast to Downpatrick in Northern Ireland.
History
It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.
Today
The site today is occupied by the Downpatrick and County Down Railway. The station yard, which is on a different site to the original BCDR station, consists of two locomotive sheds, a carriage workshop, a carriage museum, the station itself, various sidings and other structures.
The station building was moved from across the street to its present location in the 1990s. Its previous role was that of the Gas Manager's House. The ground floor hosts the ticket office, shop, model railway room and toilets, the latter two of which are accessed from the platform. The first floor is home to a museum of BCDR railwayana. Downpatrick Station currently only has one operational platform, with a second, slightly shorter one, to be reinstated in the near future. At the north end of the platform, a signal cabin is under construction. At the south end is a water tower.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| King's Bridge Halt | Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle |
Tullymurry | ||
| Terminus | Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway Downpatrick-Ardglass |
Downpatrick Loop Platform | ||
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Coordinates: 54°19′31″N 5°43′24″W / 54.325334°N 5.723319°W