Newry railway station

Newry
Newry; Iúr Cinn Trá ;
	Newry station in August 2016
Location	Newry; Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;

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 Cross Border line close to the Craigmore Viaduct.

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	Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Portadown	Enterprise Belfast-Dublin	Dundalk
Poyntzpass	Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry	Terminus
Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann	Following station
Terminus	Commuter Northern Commuter (Once daily)	Dundalk

Gallery

Newry station in August 2009
Enterprise train arrives at Newry
Craigmore Viaduct with the Mournes in the distance, seen from Bessbrook near Newry station.
Former platform sign at Newry station. The current sign also has the Irish name.

gollark: Er, coffeehorse.

gollark: Just get a coffeedragon! They produce a sleep-reducing field.

gollark: Possibly. When's the time limit on that?

gollark: There's someone on the trade hub with a tan ridgewing asking for, inexplicably, *high* time egg offers.

gollark: Also, whites have that ward BSA, which can help if you have a few gazillion of them.

External links

References

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[1] Picture of the Newry railway station sign

[2] ttp://www.poyntzpass.co.uk/Lissummon_Tunnel/page12.pdf

International railway stations in the United Kingdom
Great Britain (Eurostar)	St Pancras International Ebbsfleet International Ashford International
Northern Ireland (Enterprise)	Belfast Lanyon Place Lisburn Lurgan Portadown Newry*
Train/ferry interchange	Fishguard Harbour Harwich International Holyhead Newhaven Town Pembroke Dock
Others	Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal (car shuttle train)
* In addition to the Enterprise inter-city service. Newry also has a limited week-day commuter service all stations to Dublin, provided by Iarnród Éireann.