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Bundoran Junction railway station

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Location
  
Kilskeery, County Tyrone Northern Ireland UK

Post-grouping
  
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

19 August 1854
  
Station opens as Lowtherstown Road

1 June 1861
  
Station renamed as Irvinestown

1 March 1863
  
Station renamed as Irvinestown Road

13 June 1866
  
Station renamed as Bundoran Junction

Original company
  
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway

Similar
  
Bundoran railway station, Downpatrick and County Down Rai, Broombridge railway station, Belfast Central railway st, Lough Erne

Bundoran Junction railway station served Irvinestown in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the station as Lowtherstown Road on 19 August 1854. It was renamed Irvinestown on 1 March 1863, and Irvinestown Road on 13 June 1866, and finally Bundoran Junction on 13 June 1866 when the Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway opened their line to Bundoran.

It was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1883.

It closed on 1 October 1957.

Preserved Signal Cabin

One of the signal cabins from Bundoran Junction, (North Cabin) survived long enough to make it into preservation at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway. The wooden top half of the cabin was moved by lorry to Downpatrick in 2011. In October 2015, it was craned onto a flat wagon and hauled through Downpatrick station yard. Upon arrival, it was craned off and placed in its permanent position at the Northern end of the station platform. Work is currently (As of July 2016) underway to restore the cabin to its former glory. It is envisioned that it will become fully functional, replacing the ground frame which controls the station headshunt. Upon assuming this new role, the cabin shall be renamed Downpatrick East.

References

Bundoran Junction railway station Wikipedia


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