Poyntzpass railway station

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Poyntzpass
Commuter Rail
Enterprise train passing Poyntzpass station in 2007
General information
Location	Poyntzpass County Armagh Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°17′33″N6°22′19″W / 54.2924°N 6.3720°W / 54.2924; -6.3720
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Portadown/Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus operators	None
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Other information
Station code	PSA
Fare zone	4 [1]
Key dates
1862	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
Passengers
2015/16	1,452
Route map v t e Belfast–Newry line Legend Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Adelaide Depot Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter
Location Poyntzpass Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Poyntzpass Poyntzpass (island of Ireland) Show map of island of Ireland

Poyntzpass station, as seen from the disused signal cabin

Poyntzpass railway station serves the village of Poyntzpass in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Poyntzpass is the least-used railway station in Northern Ireland, with just 1,730 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2024/25 financial year. ^[3] Platform 1 is used for Southbound trains and platform 2 is used for Northbound trains.

Poyntzpass station and Scarva station are the only stations without ticket machines in Northern Ireland, so tickets must be purchased from a conductor after boarding a train.

There is a level crossing at the southern end of the station, alongside a signal cabin which is now disused but preserved.

On platform 1 there is a stone waiting shelter with origins tracing back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which is now locked shut so it cannot be used, but both platforms now have modern Translink branded waiting shelters.

There is also a siding next to platform 2 where ballast hoppers are stored and occasionally ballast trains operate to and from the station typically hauled by an N.I.R. 111 Class or I.É 201 Class locomotive.

History

The station was opened on 6 January 1862. It was closed by the Ulster Transport Authority in 1965, and reopened in 1984 by Northern Ireland Railways.

Service

As of early 2025, there is a limited service from the station, with five trains towards Newry and four towards Belfast Grand Central or Portadown on Mondays to Fridays; four trains towards Newry and three towards Belfast or Portadown on Saturdays; and no services on Sundays. ^[4]

Poyntzpass railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and so Enterprise services pass through the station operating between Belfast Grand Central and Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station		NI Railways		Following station
Scarva		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry		Newry
	Historical railways
Scarva Line open and station open		Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Portadown-Drogheda		Goraghwood Line open and station closed

References

1. "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
2. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
4. "Timetables - Translink". Translink . Retrieved 11 February 2025.