Scarva railway station

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Scarva
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Commuter Rail
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Scarva station in 2013
General information
Location Scarva
County Down
(Station in County Armagh)
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°19′56″N6°21′59″W / 54.33222°N 6.36639°W / 54.33222; -6.36639
Owned by NI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Line(s) Portadown/Newry
Platforms2
Tracks2
Bus operatorsNone
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNone
Other information
Station codeSAA
Fare zone4 [1]
Key dates
1859Station opened
1965Station closed
1984Station re-opened
Passengers
2015/164,860
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Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
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Westlink / Central Junction
to Lanyon Place
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M1
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Knockmore
2005
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2003
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1956
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Maze
1974
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Broomhedge Halt
1973
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Damhead
1973
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M1
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Pritchard's Bridge
1844
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Goodyear Halt
1983
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Seagoe
1842
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Portadown Logomark NI Railways.svg
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1965
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1957
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Tanderagee
1965
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1955
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Scarva Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Acton Crossing
1954
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Augheranter Crossing
1954
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Knockarney Crossing
1965
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1955
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Goraghwood
1965
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1965
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Mullaghglass
1901
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Newry Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Wellington Inn
1852
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Adavoyle
1933
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Mt. Pleasant
1965
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M1
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Dundalk Clarke
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Dundalk Junct. station
1894
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to Clones and Enniskillen│to Greenore
1957/1952
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1958
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Castlebellingham
1976
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to Ardee
1975
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Dromin Junction
1975
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Dunleer
1984
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Newfoundwell
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Drogheda MacBride
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Oldcastle branch line
(freight only)
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Bettystown
1847
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Laytown
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Laytown Viaduct
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Mosney
2000
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Gormanston
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Balbriggan
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Ardgillan
1867
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Skerries
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Skerries Golf Club Halt
1960
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Baldongan
1847
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Rush and Lusk
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Rogerstown Viaduct
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Donabate
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Malahide
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Portmarnock
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Clongriffin
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Baldoyle
1852
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to Howth
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Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
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Kilbarrack
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Raheny
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Harmonstown
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Killester
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Clontarf
1956
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Clontarf Road
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North Wall Yard
to Alexandra Road
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Docklands
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Dublin Connolly
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Trans-Dublin Line
& Rosslare Line
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Location
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Scarva
Location within Northern Ireland
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Scarva
Scarva (island of Ireland)
Scarva railway station

Scarva railway station serves the small village of Scarva in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite serving the County Down village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the nearby Newry Canal being the boundary.

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The station is the second least-used station in Northern Ireland after Poyntzpass, with only 5,975 passengers using the station in the 2024/25 financial year.

The station, which is unstaffed, has no ticket machines, so tickets must be purchased from a conductor after boarding a train. Scarva and Poyntzpass stations are the only stations in Northern Ireland without ticket machines.

On platform 2 there is a very old stone waiting shelter which is still in use, but on platform 1 there is a modern Translink branded one.

The platforms aren't long enough to accommodate 6-carriage trains, so only 3-carriage trains stop at the station. Platform 1 is used for Southbound trains and platform 2 for Northbound ones.

History

Scarva station with an N.I.R. 80 Class in the distance, 2005 Scarva railway station in 2005.jpg
Scarva station with an N.I.R. 80 Class in the distance, 2005

The station opened on 23 March 1859. The station was formerly the junction for the G.N.R.(I). branch to Banbridge which opened in 1859 and closed on 2 May 1965. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.

Service

There is a limited service from the station with four trains towards Newry, Portadown or Belfast Grand Central on Mondays to Saturdays only.

There is no Sunday service.

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

Preceding station  NI Railways  Following station
Portadown   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Newry
  Poyntzpass
  Historical railways  
Tanderagee
Line open station closed
  Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Portadown-Drogheda
  Poyntzpass
Line open station open
Terminus  Banbridge Junction Railway
Scarva-Banbridge
  Laurencetown
Line 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.