Downpatrick

Location type


Names and dates

Downpatrick (18591-1950)
Downpatrick (1987-)

Opened on the Downpatrick Extension (Belfast and County Down Railway).

Opened on the Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway.

Opened on the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Light Railway.


Description

Downpatrick and County Down Railway

07/01/2021

Tags

Station



Dates

  /  /1859Downpatrick Extension (Belfast and County Down Railway)
Opened from Ballynahinch Junction to Downpatrick.
  /  /1869Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway
Opened from Downpatrick to Newcastle [Down].
  /  /1892Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Light Railway
Opened from Downpatrick to Ardglass.
24/09/1892Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Light Railway
Downpatrick loop (a curve to allow direct running from the north to Ardglass) opened.
16/01/1950Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Light Railway Belfast and County Down Railway
Closed from Newcastle [Down], Ardglass and Ballynahinch via Downpatrick to Comber.
  /  /1984Belfast and County Down Railway
Downpatrick and Ardglass Railway preserved railway formed, based at Downpatrick.

Books

The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh (Oakwood Library of Railway History)