Newcastle railway station (Northern Ireland)

Newcastle (County Down)
Newcastle station as it stands today, now a Lidl supermarket
General information
Location	Railway Street, Newcastle County Down Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway/Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
25 March 1869	Station opens
16 January 1950	Services to Queen's Quay and Downpatrick cease
2 May 1955	Station closes

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

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 25 March 1869 when they opened the Downpartick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway, extending their main line south of Downpatrick. A branch to Castlewellan linking to Banbridge opened on 24 March 1906, which was also operated by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), which owned the rest of the branch and had running powers to Newcastle.

The Ulster Transport Authority took over the BCDR in 1948, only to close it over a year later on 16 January 1950 (bar the Bangor branch), but the branch from Newcastle to Castlewellan remained open under the GNRI's operation until 2 May 1955. The station is now a Lidl supermarket.

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dundrum		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle		Terminus
Castlewellan		Belfast and County Down Railway/Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Castlewellan-Newcastle		Terminus

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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