/ /1845 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Incorporated. |
/ /1845 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Act for line to extend the Dublin and Drogheda Railway from Drogheda to Navan [DDR]. |
/ /1847 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Act requires that the replacement Drogheda station and line west to Navan [DDR] be transferred to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway on completion. |
15/02/1849 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Opened from Newfoundwell (a temporary terminus on the north bank of the Boyne) northwards through Dunleer to Dundalk Junction. |
/ /1850 | Dublin and Drogheda Railway Navan extension opened from Drogheda to Navan [DDR]. Contractors Jeffs (Drogheda to Duleek), Mrs Kelly, and the Moore Brothers completed through to Navan. Built with powers from the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway but transferred to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway on completion. |
31/07/1850 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Extended north from Dundalk Junction to a temporary terminus at Wellington Inn. |
06/01/1852 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Isolated portion opened south from Portadown Junction (Ulster Railway) to a temporary terminus, Newry Armagh Road (later Mullaghglass or Mullaglass). |
10/06/1852 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway With the completion of the Craigmore Viaduct the line was extended north from temporary terminus Wellington Inn to meet the isolated portion at Mullaghglass. |
/ /1853 | Banbridge, Newry, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Incorporated. |
/ /1853 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Drogheda [1st] replaced by Drogheda, a through station erected just to the west of the original terminus. |
11/05/1853 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Temporary Boyne Viaduct opened over the Boyne at Drogheda, linking Drogheda (and the line south to Dublin) to Newfoundwell (a temporary terminus for the north line to Belfast). This completes the line between Dublin and Belfast. |
/ /1854 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Doubled from Castlebellingham to Dundalk and Mountpleasant. |
/03/1854 | Newry and Enniskillen Railway Line opened from Newry Edward Street to Goraghwood (Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway). |
01/04/1854 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Newry Armagh Road renamed Mullaghglass. |
/ /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. |
05/04/1855 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Permanent Boyne Viaduct opened over the Boyne at Drogheda. |
31/12/1855 | Railway Clearing House By this date, Cork and Bandon Railway, Crieff Junction Railway, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Furness Railway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Irish South Eastern Railway, Killarney Junction Railway, Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, Leven Railway, London and South Western Railway, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Monkland Railways, Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, Norfolk Railway, North and South Western Junction Railway, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Peebles Railway, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, St Andrews Railway, Ulster and Dundalk Railway, Waterford and Kilkenny Railway and Waterford and Limerick Railway join. |
/ /1856 | Banbridge, Newry, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Renamed Banbridge Junction Railway. |
01/01/1856 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Mullaghglass closed. |
01/02/1856 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Newry Main Line opened. (Alternative date 1855.) |
/ /1858 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Doubled from Dunleer to Castlebellingham and Mountpleasant to Adavoyle. |
/ /1859 | Banbridge Junction Railway Line opened from Scarva (Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway) to Banbridge [1st]. Built by William Dargan. |
/ /1860 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Doubled from Drogheda Viaduct to Dunleer and Adavoyle to Goraghwood. |
/ /1861 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Doubled from Goraghwood to Scarva. |
/ /1862 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Doubled from Scarva to Portadown Junction. |
/ /1866 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Newry Main Line renamed Bessbrook and Newry Main Line. |
/ /1873 | Dundalk and Greenore Railway Line opened from Dundalk Barrack Street to Greenore. Running powers over the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway had trains start from Dundalk and reverse at Dundalk West Junction then along the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway to Windmill Road Junction where the D&GR was reached. |
/ /1874 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Dundalk South Junction to Dundalk East Junction opened, giving access to Dundalk Barrack Street from the south. |
/ /1875 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Dublin and Drogheda Railway Merged to become The Northern Railway. |
/ /1880 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bessbrook and Newry Main Line renamed Bessbrook. |
/ /1882 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Dundalk Works opened by the Great Northern Railway [Ireland]. |
/ /1894 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Dundalk opened, replacing Dundalk Junction. |
/ /1896 | Ardee Branch (Great Northern Railway [Ireland]) Opened from Dromin Junction (Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway) to Ardee. |
/ /1932 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Reconstruction of the Boyne Viaduct over the Boyne at Drogheda completed, begun in 1930. |
/ /1933 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bessbrook becomes Sunday only. |
/ /1938 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Drogheda Cement Works, by the north end of the Boyne Viaduct, is rail served. |
/ /1942 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bessbrook closed completely. |
/ /1966 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Dundalk Works closed. |
/ /1970 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Approximate date of closure of the Drogheda Cement Works branch. |
/ /1984 | Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bessbrook station re-opened as Newry. Poyntzpass and Scarva re-opened. |