| / /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. |
| / /1856 | Cavan Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)
Opened from Cavan Junction (Longford Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) to Cavan. |
| 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. |
| 01/10/1929 | Midland Great Western Railway
Meath and Cavan trains diverted from Dublin Broadstone to Dublin Amiens Street. |
| / /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Passenger trains withdrawn (also withdrawn in World War II).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. |
| 01/10/1957 | Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
Line closes with the withdrawal of Stormont Government support of the Great Northern Railway [Ireland]. The line cannot operate with closure of Dundalk to Enniskillen [D&ER] and Omagh, and Portadown to Clones and Cavan. |
| 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 (Midland Great Western Railway)
Cavan Junction to Cavan branch closed. |
| 01/01/1960 | Cavan Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)
Clones to Cavan branch closed. |
