Comber railway station
Comber | |
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Location | Comber, County Down Northern Ireland |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Belfast and County Down Railway |
Pre-grouping | Belfast and County Down Railway |
Post-grouping | Belfast and County Down Railway |
Key dates | |
6 May 1850 | Station opens |
24 April 1950 | Station closes |
Comber railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.
History[]
The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 6 May 1850 as the penultimate station on the original single-track line to Newtownards. With the opening of the branch to Ballygowan and Downpatrick in 1958, it became a junction. The Newtownards branch was eventually extended to Donaghadee and the Downpatrick line to Newcastle.
The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The station buildings, with the exception of the goods shed, were demolished and a section of the trackbed running through the station relaid as the A22 bypass.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Dundonald | Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle |
Ballygowan | ||
Dundonald | Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Donaghadee |
Newtownards |
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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 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.
Coordinates: 54°33′06″N 5°45′16″W / 54.551576°N 5.754529°W
- Disused railway stations in County Down
- Railway stations opened in 1850
- Railway stations closed in 1950
- 1850 establishments in Ireland
- 1950 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
- Civil parish of Comber
- Northern Ireland railway station stubs
- Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1850