Downpatrick railway station

Downpatrick
Location
Place	Downpatrick
Area	County Down
Operations
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
History
23 March 1859	Station opens
24 April 1950	Station closes
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Downpatrick railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway, which ran its longest route from Belfast to Downpatrick in Northern Ireland.

History

It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

The site today

The site today is occupied by the Downpatrick and County Down Railway.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
King's Bridge Halt		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle		Tullymurry
Terminus		Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway Downpatrick-Ardglass		Downpatrick Loop Platform

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.