Portadown

Location type

Station


Names and dates

Portadown [2nd] (1848-1863)
Portadown - Craigavon West (1970-1980)
Portadown (1980-)

Opened on the Ulster Railway.

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.



Dates

01/10/1957Sligo, 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.
01/10/1957Ulster Railway
Passenger trains from Portadown to Monaghan withdrawn. Closed from south of Brownstown Crossing to Glaslough. Northern portion kept as a siding and for access to the Brownstown Metal Box Factory.
  /  /1970Ulster Railway
Portadown - Craigavon West opened on the site of Portadown [2nd], Portadown [3rd] closed.
26/04/1976Belfast Central Railway
Portadown trains diverted to Belfast Central from Belfast Great Victoria Street.
  /  /1980Ulster Railway
[Date uncertain] Portadown - Craigavon West renamed Portadown.