RAILSCOT | Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)

This branch extended the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway south from Clones to Cavan where the existing Midland Great Western Railway's station was used.

Approach to Cavan from the south closed to passengers in 1947 but the station remained open to passengers due to the line from the north until 1957.

/ /1855	Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Branch from Clones to Cavan authorised. The line was subscribed to by the Ulster Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway and Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway.
07/04/1862	Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Branch opened from Clones to Cavan (Cavan Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)). Worked by the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. The line crossed the border between north and south six times between Clones and Redhills stations.
/ /1885	Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Belturbet Junction renamed Ballyhaise.
/ /1921	Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Finances desperate following the Partition of Ireland, traffic which would have flowed over the line to Belfast hugely reducing.
/ /1930	Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Platform opened to serve Loreto College.
/ /1947	Cavan Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Passenger trains withdrawn (also withdrawn in World War II). However, Cavan station remains open, served from the north by the former Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) branch trains from Clones.
14/10/1957	Cavan Branch (Midland Great Western Railway) Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Cavan station closed following withdrawal of passenger trains via the Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) branch from Clones.
01/01/1960	Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway) Clones to Cavan branch closed.