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Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station

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Place
  
Downpatrick

8 March 1893
  
Station opens

Area
  
County Down

16 January 1950
  
Station closes

Pre-grouping
  
Belfast and County Down Railway

Post-grouping
  
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

Original company
  
Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway

Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station was on the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, which ran from Downpatrick to Ardglass in Northern Ireland.

History

Opened by the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, it became part of the Belfast and County Down Railway. It was only used on race days.

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

References

Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station Wikipedia


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