Drogheda
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Drogheda (1853-)
Opened on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway.
Opened on the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway.
Dates
| / /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. |
| / /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. |
| / /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. |
| / /1910 | Dublin and Drogheda Railway Oldcastle begins to be served by slip coach from main line service, slipped at Drogheda. |
| / /1958 | Dublin and Drogheda Railway Drogheda (excluded) to Oldcastle closed to passengers. |
