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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.

Dates

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