- Newry railway station
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Newry Iúr Cinn Trá 
Platform sign at Newry railway station Location Place Newry Local authority Newry and Mourne Coordinates 54°11′19″N 6°21′45″W / 54.1885°N 6.3625°WCoordinates: 54°11′19″N 6°21′45″W / 54.1885°N 6.3625°W Operations Platforms in use 2 History 1855 Station opened 1942 Closed as Bessbrook 1984 Re-opened as Newry 2009 New station opened NI Railways - Translink - NI railway stations Newry railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Iúr Cinn Trá)[1] serves Newry in Northern Ireland. The station is in the northwest of the town (in County Armagh) on the Cross Border line next to the 18-arch, 126 ft (38 m) high Craigmore Viaduct.
The station originally opened in 1855 as Newry Main Line,[2] renamed Bessbrook & Newry Main Line in 1866, renamed again as Bessbrook in 1880 before closing in 1942. It was re-opened in 1984 as an NIR Intercity station, with basic facilities such as a temporary booking office. These facilities remained in place for over 20 years from the station's opening by which time their condition was declining. In order to improve facilities for passengers a modern new station building was constructed and opened on September 7th 2009
Enterprise train arrives at Newry
Service
The station is a calling point on the Enterprise express service, which operates between Belfast Central and Dublin Connolly. These trains call at Newry for both destinations at two-hour intervals throughout the day. The station experiences favourable passenger numbers from this service. There are also four trains to and from Bangor, operated by Northern Ireland Railways.
On Sundays there are five Enterprise trains in each direction.
Train frequencies from Newry are likely to improve if plans to introduce an hourly service on the Enterprise become a reality. At this time such plans are merely speculative and it is unclear if such a service would serve Newry every hour, or if they would operate non-stop between Dublin and Belfast.
Preceding station 
Northern Ireland RailwaysFollowing station Portadown Enterprise
Belfast-DublinDundalk Clarke Poyntzpass Northern Ireland Railways
Newry-Bangor
Mondays-Saturdays onlyTerminus External links
- Northern Ireland Railways page on the Cross Border line
- Northern Ireland Railways page on the Enterprise Service
Railway stations in the United Kingdom • Railway station categories A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
References
Categories:- Railway stations in County Armagh
- Newry
- Railway stations opened in 1855
- Railway stations served by NI Railways
- Railway stations served by Enterprise
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