Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station

Downpatrick Racecourse Platform
General information
Location	Downpatrick, County Down Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
8 March 1893	Station opens
16 January 1950	Station closes

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

History

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

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

References

• 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.