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Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station

Coordinates: 54°18′56″N 5°44′00″W / 54.315572°N 5.733232°W / 54.315572; -5.733232
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Downpatrick Racecourse Platform
General information
LocationDownpatrick, County Down
Northern Ireland
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDownpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and County Down Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
8 March 1893Station opens
16 January 1950Station closes

Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station was on the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, which ran from Downpatrick to Ardglass in Northern Ireland.

History

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Opened by the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, it became part of the Belfast and County Down Railway. It was only used on race days.

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

The site today

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Downpatrick Loop   Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Ardglass
  Ballynoe

References

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  • 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.

54°18′56″N 5°44′00″W / 54.315572°N 5.733232°W / 54.315572; -5.733232