Bundoran railway station

Bundoran Bun Dobhráin
Site of Bundoran Station
General information
Other names	Bun Dobhráin
Location	Station Road, Bundoran County Donegal Ireland
Coordinates	54°28′25″N8°17′54″W / 54.473602°N 8.298249°W / 54.473602; -8.298249
History
Original company	Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
13 June 1866	Station opened
1 October 1957	Station closed

Bundoran railway station served Bundoran in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.

History

The Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway opened the station on 13 June 1866. Services were provided by the Irish North Western Railway. It was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1876.

The partition of Ireland in 1922 turned the boundary with County Fermanagh into an international frontier. Henceforth Bundoran's only railway link with the rest of the Irish Free State was via Northern Ireland, and as such was subject to delays for customs inspections.

During The Emergency of 1939–45 the GNR introduced the Bundoran Express ^[1] that linked Dublin and Bundoran via Dundalk and Clones. ^[2] It also carried pilgrims to and from Pettigo, which was the nearest station for Lough Derg. ^[1] There were also through trains between Bundoran and Belfast. ^[3] The Government of Northern Ireland closed much of the GNR network on its side of the border in 1957, including the E&BR as far as the border. ^{[4] [5]} This gave the Republic no practical alternative but to allow the closure of the line between the border and Bundoran. It officially closed on 1 October 1957. ^[6]

The Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran.

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ballyshannon		Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway Enniskillen to Bundoran		Terminus

References

1. McCutcheon, Alan (1970). Ireland. Railway History in Pictures. Vol. 2. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 58. ISBN   978-0-7153-4998-4.
2. Baker, Michael H.C. (1972). Irish Railways since 1916. London: Ian Allan. p. 78. ISBN   978-0-7110-0282-1.
3. McCutcheon, 1970, page 115
4. Hajducki, op. cit., map 39
5. McCutcheon, 1970, pages 153, 207
6. "Bundoran station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.