Newcastle West

Location type

Station


Names and dates

Newcastle [West] (1857-1893)
Newcastle West (1893-1901)
Newcastle [West] (1901-1903)
Newcastle West (1903-1963)

Opened on the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway.

Opened on the Limerick and Kerry Railway.

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



Dates

  /  /1867Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway
Opened from Ballingrane Junction (Limerick and Foynes Railway) westwards to Newcastle West.
  /  /1880Limerick and Kerry Railway
Opened from Newcastle West (the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway station remained open, trains for Tralee [LandKR] reversing out of the station).
  /  /1972Limerick and Kerry Railway
Newcastle West (excluded) to Listowel (excluded) goods withdrawn (officially closed 1975).
  /  /1975Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway Limerick and Kerry Railway
Ballingrane Junction (excluded) to Newcastle West closed. Newcastle West to Listowel (excluded) officially closed.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Hexham to Carlisle: Including the Alston and the Brampton Branches (Eastern Main Lines)

Old Newmains and the Villages Around Wishaw

Old Wishaw

Wishaw 1896: Lanarkshire Sheet 18.03 (Old O.S. Maps of Lanarkshire)