Ardglass railway station

Railway station in County Down, Northern Ireland

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Ardglass

Remains of the station building

General information
Location| Ardglass, 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 July 1892| Station opens
16 January 1950| Station closes

Ardglass railway station was the terminus of the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, which ran from Belfast south to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

## History

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Opened by the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, it became part of 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

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The site was extant but the station buildings mostly roofless and derelict in 2017.

Preceding station  | Historical railways | Following station

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Coney Island |  | Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Ardglass |  | Terminus

## References

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* 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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