Ballyroney

Location type

Station


Name and dates

Ballyroney (1880-1955)

Opened on the Banbridge Extension Railway.

Opened on the Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland]).

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.



Dates

  /  /1861Banbridge Extension Railway
Incorporated. Authorised from Banbridge [2nd] to Ballyroney with a branch to Rathfriland.
  /  /1880Banbridge Extension Railway
Opened from Banbridge [2nd] to Ballyroney.
  /  /1900Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland])
Great Northern Railway [Ireland] Act allows extension from Ballyroney (Banbridge Extension Railway) to beyond Castlewellan where the Belfast and County Down Railway will be met. GNR had powers to reach Newcastle [Down] and the B&CDR to reach Ballyroney.
  /  /1906Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland])
Banbridge Extension Railway extended from Ballyroney to Newcastle [Down] (Belfast and County Down Railway).