Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland])
Introduction
This line extended the Banbridge and Ballyroney lines south to just outside Newcastle.
Dates
| / /1900 | Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland]) Great Northern Railway [Ireland] Act allows extension from Ballyroney (Banbridge Extension Railway) to beyond Castlewellan where the Belfast and County Down Railway will be met. GNR had powers to reach Newcastle [Down] and the B&CDR to reach Ballyroney. |
| / /1906 | Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland]) Banbridge Extension Railway extended from Ballyroney to Newcastle [Down] (Belfast and County Down Railway). |
| / /1906 | Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway Newcastle [Down] station re-built to accommodate the newly opened Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland]) line trains. |
| / /1955 | Banbridge Junction Railway
Castlewellan Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland]) Closed to passengers from Scarva to Banbridge [2nd], Castlewellan and Newcastle [Down]. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
