Cavan railway station

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Cavan
LocationCavan, County Cavan
Ireland
Platforms3
History
Pre-groupingMidland Great Western Railway and the Great Northern Railway of Ireland
Key dates
1856station opened (line from Inny Jct.)
1862GNR line from Clones opened
1947Station closed to MGWR passengers
1957Station closed to GNR passengers
1959last passenger special
1960line closed to all traffic
1961line lifted

Cavan railway station in Swellan in Cavan Town was a former station on the Inny Junction to Cavan branch of the Midland Great Western Railway, Ireland.[1][2] The station now houses the offices of The Anglo-Celt Newspaper.[3][4]

The Clones and Cavan Extension Railway was an extension of the Ulster Railway from Clones in County Monaghan to Cavan opened in 1862. The station in Cavan was opened firstly by the Midland Great Western Railway with trains to Dublin Broadstone. However the Ulster Railway also sought to link Cavan with Belfast Great Victoria Street.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cavan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Cavan". Eire Trains.
  3. ^ "Contact Us". The Anglo-Celt.
  4. ^ http://butlersbridgehistory.blogspot.com/2010/03/railway.html#more. Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  • Bairstow, M. (2009). Railways In Ireland Part Three. Martin Bairstow. pp. 62, 63 & 128. ISBN 978-1-871944-36-5.
  • Ordnance Survey of Ireland Discovery Series 1:50,000 map no. 34 shows the station locale.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Crossdoney   Midland Great Western Railway
Inny Junction-Cavan
  terminus
terminus   Great Northern Railway
Clones-Cavan
  Loreto College Halt


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