Comber railway station

Comber
In the current guise as a Fire Station with Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.
General information
Location	Glen Road Comber, County Down Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Key dates
6 May 1850	Station opens
24 April 1950	Station closes

Comber railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 6 May 1850 as the penultimate station on the original single-track line to Newtownards. With the opening of the branch to Ballygowan and Downpatrick in 1858, it became a junction station. The Newtownards branch was eventually extended to Donaghadee and the Downpatrick line to Newcastle.

The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The station buildings, with the exception of the goods shed, were demolished and a section of the trackbed running through the station relaid as the A22 bypass. Today the former engine shed is now used as the Comber Fire Station, while part of the old railway north of the town to Belfast is now the Comber Greenway.

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dundonald		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle		Ballygowan
Terminus		Belfast and County Down Railway Donaghadee Branch Line		Newtownards

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 (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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