Omagh railway station

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Omagh Station - geograph.org.uk - 332912.jpg
Passenger train hauled by GNRI Class U locomotive no. 204 Antrim leaves Omagh on 7 June 1957
General information
Location Omagh, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
UK
Coordinates 54°35′56″N7°18′37″W / 54.598767°N 7.310309°W / 54.598767; -7.310309
History
Original company Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Post-grouping Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
13 September 1852Station opens
15 February 1965Station closes

Omagh railway passenger station served Omagh in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the first station on 13 September 1852. [1]

A series of temporary stations, near the junction with the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway, served the town until 3 March 1863 when a new, joint station - shared by the two companies (or, rather, their successors)- was opened [2] at the junction.

The station was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1883.

It closed on 15 February 1965. [3]

Routes

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Newtownstewart   Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Londonderry to Enniskillen 1853 - 1856		  Fintona
Newtownstewart   Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Londonderry to Enniskillen 1856 - 1957		  Fintona Junction
Beragh   Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Portadown to Omagh		 Terminus
Railway Goods Building in Omagh. Railway Goods Building, Omagh - geograph.org.uk - 132103.jpg
Railway Goods Building in Omagh.
Omagh Rail Tragedy Memorial. Omagh Rail Tragedy Memorial, Omagh - geograph.org.uk - 271888.jpg
Omagh Rail Tragedy Memorial.
Formerly named the Station Hotel in Omagh. "Station Hotel", James Street, Omagh - geograph.org.uk - 617933.jpg
Formerly named the Station Hotel in Omagh.

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References

"The First and Last" Pub, being the first and last pub on the way to the station in Omagh, which is also currently closed. "The First and Last" Pub, John Street, Omagh - geograph.org.uk - 637567.jpg
"The First and Last" Pub, being the first and last pub on the way to the station in Omagh, which is also currently closed.
  1. ↑ Company's advertisement Londonderry Sentinel 24 (sic) September 1852
  2. ↑ Tyrone Constitution 27 February 1863
  3. ↑ Belfast Telegraph 15 February 1965
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