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{{Short description|Former railway station in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Navan Junction
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = ga
| image = File:Kingscourt train at Navan Jct - geograph.org.uk - 1693049.jpg
| alt =
| caption = A train from [[Kingscourt]] passing the station in 1982.
| address =
| borough = [[Navan]], [[County Meath]]
| country = Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|53.6482|-6.6919|display=inline,title}}
| opened = {{Start date|1872|09|df=y}}
| closed = {{End date|1947|01|27|df=y}}
| pregroup = [[Midland Great Western Railway]]
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail}}
}}
{{Navan railways}}
'''Navan Junction''' was a [[railway station]] serving the town of [[Navan]] in [[County Meath]]. As the name suggests, the station was located at the [[railway junction|junction]] of two railway lines. The first was a [[branch line]] off the [[Dublin-Belfast railway line|main line]] between Belfast and Dublin, which connected [[Drogheda]] and [[Oldcastle, County Meath|Oldcastle]], and opened in 1850. The second, which opened in 1862, was also a branch line, this time off the [[Dublin-Sligo railway line|line]] from Dublin to [[Sligo]], connecting [[Clonsilla]] and Navan. This line was later extended as far as [[Kingscourt railway station|Kingscourt]] in 1865.<ref>{{cite web | title=Navan Junction station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2009-01-26}}</ref>

Although Navan had two railway stations, Navan Junction was the main one serving the town, with a total of four platforms serving the two routes. However, following the [[nationalisation]] of the railways in Ireland in 1945, a major rationalisation programme led to the closure of many branch lines. Passenger services on the Kingscourt line ended in 1947, and led to the line between Clonsilla and Navan being lifted, while services on the Oldcastle line ended in 1958, with the line between Navan and Oldcastle lifted in 1963. This saw the final closure of Navan Junction station itself.

Today, little remains of the station. Most of the buildings have been [[demolished]], with the exception of the [[Midland Great Western Railway]] goods shed and the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] down platform.<ref>[http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20N/Navan%20Junction/IrishRailwayStations.html Navan Junstion] – eiretrains.com</ref> However, [[freight trains]] still pass through the site – until 2001, trains transported [[gypsum]] from the Gypsum Industries plant at Kingscourt through the site, while trains from the [[Tara Mine]] continue to use the remaining part of the Oldcastle line to transport [[zinc]] and [[lead]] to Drogheda.

{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Navan railway station|Navan]]|next=Ballybeg|route=[[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] Drogheda-Oldcastle|col=228b22}}
{{rail line|previous=Bective|next=Gibbstown|route=[[Midland Great Western Railway]] Clonsilla-Kingscourt|col=FFBA00}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1872 establishments in Ireland]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Navan|Railway Station Junction]]
[[Category:Disused railway stations in County Meath]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1872]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1947]]
[[Category:Transport in Navan|Junction Railway Station]]

Navan Junction railway station - Revision history

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