Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Poyntzpass Railway Station

Poyntzpass railway station serves Poyntzpass in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Poyntzpass is the least-used railway station in Northern Ireland, with just 2,362 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2023/24 financial year.

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 Autumn 2022, there is a limited service from the station, with five trains towards Newry and four towards Bangor on Mondays to Fridays; three trains towards Newry and two towards Bangor on Saturdays; and no services on Sundays.

Poyntzpass railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise service en route to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland 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