Monaghan railway station
54°14′46″N 6°58′05″W / 54.246°N 6.968°W
Monaghan | |
|---|---|
 Monaghan railway station photographed on 14 October 2011 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Monaghan, County Monaghan Ireland |
| History | |
| Original company | Ulster Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
| Key dates | |
| 2 March 1863 | Station opens |
| 31 December 1959 | Station closes |
Monaghan railway station was on the Ulster Railway designed by Sir John Macneil located in the Republic of Ireland.
History
[edit]The Ulster Railway opened the station on 2 March 1863.[1]
It closed to regular passenger traffic on 14 October 1957 but goods, mails and occasional passenger traffic continued until the end of 1959. It was part of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland railway system. An All-Island Strategic Rail Review jointly commissioned by the Irish and Northern Irish governments recommended the reopening of the station on a line between Mullingar and Portadown.[2]
Routes
[edit]| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaslough | Ulster Railway Portadown to Clones |
Smithborough | ||
| Proposed Services | ||||
| Clones | All-Island Strategic Rail Review Mullingar-Portadown Line |
Armagh | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Monaghan" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "All-Island Strategic Rail Review makes 30 proposals to develop railways in Ireland". Railway Gazette International. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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