Portadown Junction

Location type

Junction


Name and dates

Portadown Junction (1852-1965)

Opened on the Ulster Railway.

Opened on the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway.

Opened on the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway.


Description

This junction as to the south west of the present Portadown station, on the main line from Belfast to Dublin. It was the junction, in 1852, between the Ulster Railway's Belfast to Armagh line and the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. From 1858 it was also the junction for the Portadown and Dungannon Railway (this route was extended to serve Londonderry Foyle Road).

The route to Armagh closed in 1957, but near the junction was retained as two stubs, one a siding and the other used to access the Brownstown Metal Box Factory. The route to Londonderry Foyle Road closed in 1965.


Tags

Junction


Dates

  /  /1849Ulster Railway
Portadown Junction to Armagh doubled.
06/01/1852Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Isolated portion opened south from Portadown Junction (Ulster Railway) to a temporary terminus, Newry Armagh Road (later Mullaghglass or Mullaglass).
05/04/1858Portadown and Dungannon Railway
Opened from Portadown Junction (Ulster Railway) to Dungannon [1st].
  /  /1862Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Doubled from Scarva to Portadown Junction.
  /  /1902Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway
Doubled from Portadown Junction to Annaghmore.
  /  /1942Ulster Railway
Brownstown Metal Box Factory opened at Brownstown Crossing (south of Portadown Junction).
  /  /1959Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway
Singled from Trew and Moy to Portadown Junction.
14/02/1965Ulster Railway
Closed from Portadown Junction to Brownstown Crossing and Brownstown Metal Box Factory.
15/02/1965Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Closure from Portadown Junction to Londonderry [Foyle Road] via Omagh. Traffic from Dublin for Donegal diverted via Coleraine instead.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Haddington, Macmerry and Gifford Branch Lines (Oakwood Library of Railway History)