Newcastle railway station (Northern Ireland)

Newcastle (County Down)
General information
Location	Newcastle, County Down, County Down Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
25 March 1869	Station opens
2 May 1955	Station closes

Newcastle railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 25 March 1869.

The station closed to passengers in 1955, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. It is now a Lidl supermarket.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dundrum railway station		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle		Terminus
Castlewellan railway station		Belfast and County Down Railway Castlewellan-Newcastle		Terminus

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.