Monaghan | |
|---|---|
 Monaghan railway station photographed on 14 October 2011 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Monaghan, County Monaghan Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°14′46″N6°58′05″W / 54.246°N 6.968°W |
| History | |
| Original company | Ulster Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
| Key dates | |
| 2 March 1863 | Station opens |
| 1 October 1957 | Station closes to passengers |
| 1 June 1960 | Station closes |
Monaghan railway station was on the Ulster Railway designed by Sir John Macneil located in the Republic of Ireland.
The Ulster Railway opened the station on 2 March 1863. [1]
It closed to regular passenger traffic on 14 October 1957 but goods, mail and occasional passenger traffic continued until the end of 1959. It was part of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland railway system. An All-Island Strategic Rail Review jointly commissioned by the Irish and Northern Irish governments recommended the reopening of the station on a line between Mullingar and Portadown. [2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaslough | Ulster Railway Portadown to Clones | Smithborough | ||
| Proposed Services | ||||
| Clones | All-Island Strategic Rail Review Mullingar-Portadown Line | Armagh | ||
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