Armagh railway station
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Development
The Ulster Railway opened Armagh station in 1848, linking the city with Belfast.[1] The Ulster Railway was extended from Armagh to Monaghan in 1858[1] and Clones in 1863.[2]
The Newry and Armagh Railway (N&A) opened in 1864, and had its own temporary terminus just outside Armagh until it started using the Ulster Railway station in 1865.[1]
The Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway (CK&A) was completed in 1910.[1] In 1876 the Ulster Railway became part of the new Great Northern Railway (GNR), which took over the N&A in 1879 and the CKA in 1911.[3]
Rail disaster
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Decline and closure
The partition of Ireland in 1922 hastened the railways' decline, and the GNR closed the Template:Rws – Template:Rws section of the CKA in 1923.[5] The GNR withdrew passenger trains from the Armagh – Keady section of the CKA in 1932 and closed the Armagh – Markethill section of the N&A in 1933.[5] The Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR Board close the remaining lines serving Armagh on Monday 1 October 1957: the goods branch from Armagh to Keady and the main line through Armagh from Template:Rws as far as the border at Template:Rws on the way to Monaghan.[5][6]
Routes
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Ulster Railway | Template:Rws Line and station closed | ||
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Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Portadown to Clones 1876-1936 |
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Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Portadown to Clones 1936-1957 |
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| Terminus | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway |
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| Hamiltonsbawn Line and station closed |
Great Northern Railway Newry and Armagh Railway |
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| Template:Rws | All-Island Strategic Rail Review Mullingar-Portadown Line |
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Proposals
As of 2013, it was reported that a future reopened railway line to Portadown was under consideration.[7] The then minister for Northern Ireland's Department for Regional Development, Danny Kennedy, indicated possible railway restoration plans.[8] In proposals, published in 2014, the Armagh Line was also included in a list of potential projects.[9]
The All-Island Strategic Rail Review published in 2023 recommended the reinstatement of services to the station as part of a line between Mullingar and Portadown.[10]
References
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