Clones | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Clones, County Monaghan Ireland |
| History | |
| Original company | Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
| Key dates | |
| 26 June 1858 | Station opens |
| 1 October 1957 | Station closes |
Clones railway station was on the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway in Ireland.
The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway opened the station on 26 June 1858. [1]
Following the Partition of Ireland in December 1921, a group of Irish Republican Army volunteers attempted to ambush a party of Ulster Special Constabulary policemen travelling on a train through Clones Station on 11 February 1922. The IRA volunteers entered the carriage while the train was stopped at the station and ordered the Specials to put their hand up. In the ensuing gunfight, IRA Commandant Matthew Fitzpatrick was shot and four Ulster Constabulary Specials were killed. [2]
The station closed on 1 October 1957 and the entire line closed in 1960; in 2023, an All-Island Strategic Rail Review recommended the reopening of the station as part of a line between Mullingar and Portadown. [3]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbliss | Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Dundalk to Enniskillen | Newtownbutler | ||
| Smithborough | Ulster Railway Portadown to Clones | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Clones and Cavan Extension Railway Clones to Cavan | Redhills |
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