Newry railway station
Newry railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Iúr Cinn Trá)[1] serves Newry and Bessbrook in Northern Ireland. The station is located in the northwest of Newry, County Armagh on the Dublin-Belfast line close to the Craigmore Viaduct.
![]() Newry station in August 2016 | |
Location | Newry Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54.1885°N 6.3625°W |
Owned by | NI Railways |
Operated by | NI Railways |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Key dates | |
1855 | Opened as Newry Main Line |
1942 | Closed as Bessbrook |
1984 | Re-opened as Newry |
2009 | New station building opened |
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The station originally opened in 1855 as Newry Main Line,[2] renamed Bessbrook & Newry Main Line in 1866, renamed again as Bessbrook in 1880 before closing in 1942. It was re-opened in 1984 as an NIR Intercity station, with basic facilities such as a temporary booking office. These facilities remained in place for over 20 years from the station's opening by which time their condition was deteriorating. In order to improve facilities for passengers a modern new station building was constructed and opened on 7 September 2009.
Service
The station is a calling point on the Enterprise express service, which operates between Belfast Central and Dublin Connolly. These trains call at Newry for both destinations at two-hour intervals throughout the day. The station experiences favourable passenger numbers from this service. There are also four trains to and from Bangor, operated by Northern Ireland Railways.
On Sundays, there are five Enterprise trains in each direction, and no NIR services.
Additionally, two peak time services are operated to and from Newry by Iarnród Éireann, with the first one being the 06:30 service to Dublin Connolly, calling at Commuter stations between Newry and Dublin Connolly except Gormanston, Portmarnock, Clongriffin, and Howth Junction. The first peak service to Newry started in January 2018, with the 17:13 service from Dublin Pearse being extended to Newry from Dundalk.
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Portadown | Enterprise Belfast-Dublin |
Dundalk | ||
Poyntzpass | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry |
Terminus | ||
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
Terminus | Commuter Northern Commuter (Once daily) |
Dundalk |
Gallery
- Newry station in August 2009
- Enterprise train arrives at Newry
- Former platform sign at Newry station. The current sign also has the Irish name.
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References
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