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

  /  /1845Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Act for line to extend the Dublin and Drogheda Railway from Drogheda to Navan [DDR].
  /  /1847Dublin 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.
  /  /1850Dublin 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.
  /  /1853Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Drogheda [1st] replaced by Drogheda, a through station erected just to the west of the original terminus.
11/05/1853Dublin 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.
  /  /1910Dublin and Drogheda Railway
Oldcastle begins to be served by slip coach from main line service, slipped at Drogheda.
  /  /1958Dublin and Drogheda Railway
Drogheda (excluded) to Oldcastle closed to passengers.