Tullymurry railway station

Former railway station in Northern Ireland

54°18′03″N 5°48′00″W / 54.300745°N 5.800126°W / 54.300745; -5.800126Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBelfast and County Down RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and County Down RailwayPost-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)Key dates7 August 1871Station opens1896Rebuilt and relocated 500m south west16 January 1950Station closes

Tullymurry railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

History

Tullymurry station and signal box in use as a Texaco fuel station in 1979

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 7 August 1871.

In 1896 it was relocated around 500 metres to the south west.

Before the opening of Ballykinlar Halt in 1914, the station was the main transport link for Ballykinlar Camp.[1]

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

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Downpatrick Loop Platform   Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Newcastle 		  Ballykinlar Halt

References

  1. ^ Orr, Philip (2012). Ballykinler Camp, The First Seven Decades, 1900-1969. Down County Museum. ISBN 978-0956727879.
  • 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.


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