Annakeera Crossing

Annakeera Crossing
General information
Location	Annaghmore, County Armagh Northern Ireland UK
Coordinates	54°26′11″N6°29′05″W / 54.436428°N 6.484651°W / 54.436428; -6.484651
Elevation	110 ft
History
Original company	Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Key dates
1858	line opened
1899–1902	Track doubled
by June 1938	Request halt
1959	Track singled
13 June 1960	Halt closed
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Portadown   Ulster Transport Authority Portadown — Omagh line   Annaghmore
Location

Annakeera Crossing was a level crossing near Annaghmore in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. By 1938 it was also a railway request halt.

History

The Great Northern Railway opened the halt on its Portadown — Omagh line. The Ulster Transport Authority took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958 and closed the halt in 1960.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.