File:27.04.13 Newtownbutler Station (8689438853).jpg
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Opened in June 1858, Newtownbutler station was on the Dundalk to Enniskillen 5'3" gauge line. During its 100 or so years, the company name changed several times finally ending up as Great Northern Railway. Along with other cross-border lines, it was at the instruction of the Northern Ireland Government in the 1950s to close all cross-border lines with the exception of the main Dublin to Belfast route. As such the line lost its passenger services on 1 October 1957. CIE kept the line south of the border opened to freight between Dundalk and Clones until 1960. The station building survives and has been occupied as a residential property in recent years, though of late appears to be uninhabited and in some state of disrepair. Newtownbutler has a population of around 1,000 residents. Much of the trackbed of the old railway route towards Enniskillen (the county town of Fermanagh) has been built on. It is fair to say the railway will never return. Sadly all neighbouring counties - Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Tyrone are all devoid of railways with the nearest railway stations for the area being Dundalk and Sligo. People in the area depend on the private car and sporadic buses services operated by Translink and Bus Éireann. |
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| Source | 27.04.13 Newtownbutler Station |
| Author | Phil Richards from London, UK |
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