Leitrim railway station

Leitrim railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which ran from Banbridge to Castlewellan in Northern Ireland.

Leitrim
Location
PlaceLeitrim, County Down
AreaCounty Down
Operations
Original companyGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
History
24 March 1906Station opens
2 May 1955Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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History

The station was opened on 24 March 1906.[1]

The station closed on 2 May 1955. The station served Leitrim, County Down.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ballyward   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Banbridge-Castlewellan
  Castlewellan
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gollark: Which means piles of technical docs are in English, *programs* are in English, people working on technological things are using English a lot...It probably helps a bit that English is easy to type and ASCII text can be handled by basically any system around.
gollark: I don't think it was decided on for any sort of sane reason. English-speaking countries just dominated in technology.
gollark: It's probably quite a significant factor in pushing English adoption.
gollark: Indeed; most programming stuff is still mostly English.

References

  1. "Leitrim station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

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