Owned by NI Railways Structure type At-grade 1984 Station re-opened Opened 1859 Owner NI Railways | Operated by NI Railways 1965 Station closed Address Scarva BT63 6LS, UK Province Ulster Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Scarva, County Down
(Station in County Armagh)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Similar Poyntzpass railway station, Goraghwood railway station, Portadown railway station, Newry railway station, Lisburn railway station | ||
Scarva railway station serves Scarva in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite serving the County Down village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the nearby Newry Canal being the boundary.
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History
The station opened on 23 March 1859. The station was formerly the junction for the GNR(I) branch to Banbridge which opened in 1859 and closed on 2 May 1955. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.
Service
There is a limited service from the station with four trains towards Newry or Bangor on Mondays to Saturdays only.
There is no Sunday service.
Scarva railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise en route to Dublin Connolly.
References
Scarva railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA