Enniskillen railway station

Enniskillen
The Railway Hotel, Enniskillen
General information
Location	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh Northern Ireland UK
Coordinates	54°20′42″N7°37′39″W / 54.345022°N 7.627562°W / 54.345022; -7.627562
Elevation	181 ft
History
Original company	Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
19 August 1854	LER station opens
15 February 1859	New DE station opens
1 June 1860	LER relocates to DE station
18 March 1879	Temporary SLNCR station opens
January 1883	SLNCR start to share facilities at the station
1 October 1957	Station closes
Location Enniskillen Location within Northern Ireland

Enniskillen railway station served Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

History

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the first station in the town on 19 August 1854.

The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway opened a station slightly further south in Enniskillen on 15 February 1859; ^[1] on 1 June 1860, the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway moved so as to share the facilities at this station.

That station was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1876.

On 18 March 1879 the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway opened a temporary station in Enniskillen. In January 1883 the temporary station was closed, when the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway agreed to share facilities at the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway station.

The lines to Enniskillen were closed on 1 October 1957 when the Northern Ireland Board made the GNRI close most of its cross-border lines to save money. ^[2]

Routes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Gortaloughan Halt		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Londonderry to Enniskillen		Terminus
Lisbellaw		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Dundalk to Enniskillen		Terminus
Mullaghy		Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Sligo to Enniskillen		Terminus

References

1. "Enniskillen (DE) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
2. "Enniskillen (LE) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.