Tullymurry railway station

Tullymurry
Tullymurry railway station
General information
Location	Tullymurry, County Down Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°18′03″N5°48′00″W / 54.300745°N 5.800126°W / 54.300745; -5.800126
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
7 August 1871	Station opens
1896	Rebuilt and relocated 500m south west
16 January 1950	Station closes

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

History

Tullymurry station and signal box in use as a Texaco fuel station in 1979

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 7 August 1871.

In 1896 it was relocated around 500 metres to the south west.

Before the opening of Ballykinlar Halt in 1914, the station was the main transport link for Ballykinlar Camp. ^[1]

The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Downpatrick Loop Platform		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle		Ballykinlar Halt

References

1. Orr, Philip (2012). Ballykinler Camp, The First Seven Decades, 1900-1969. Down County Museum. ISBN   978-0956727879.

• 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.