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Annaghmore railway station

Coordinates: 54°27′39″N 6°35′05″W / 54.4609°N 6.5848°W / 54.4609; -6.5848
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Annaghmore
Main building of former station in 2010
General information
LocationAnnaghmore, County Armagh
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°27′39″N 6°35′05″W / 54.4609°N 6.5848°W / 54.4609; -6.5848
Elevation70 ft
Platforms2
History
Original companyPortadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Key dates
5 April 1858Station opened
1899–1902Track doubled
1959Track singled
15 February 1965Station closed
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Portadown   Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Portadown to Omagh
  Vernersbridge
Annakeera Crossing   Ulster Transport Authority
Portadown — Omagh line
  Derrycoose Crossing

Annaghmore railway station served Annaghmore in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

History

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Road bridge over the former PD&O Junction Railway at the up end of the station, looking in the direction of Portadown

The station was opened in 1858 by the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway, which the Great Northern Railway (GNR) took over in 1876. Annaghmore was served by GNR passenger trains between Belfast Great Victoria Street and Londonderry Foyle Road via Portadown. The GNR built a fruit store at the station for the considerable traffic of locally-grown produce, mainly apples and strawberries, that it shipped out of the area by special trains.[1] The Ulster Transport Authority took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958 and closed the PD&O on 15 February 1965.

After the line was closed the former station was sold. For a time it was a car dealership and repair garage and lay derelict for many years until the station was demolished and the site cleared for housing in 2020.

References

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  1. ^ FitzGerald, J.D. (1995). The Derry Road. Colourpoint Transport. Vol. 2. Gortrush: Colourpoint Press. p. 1. ISBN 1-898392-09-9.