Scarva railway station: Difference between revisions

Location
	Scarva Location within Northern Ireland

Route map
v; t; e; Belfast–Newry line
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Westlink / Central Junction
	to Lanyon Place
	Lisburn-Antrim railway line
	to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim
	Belfast-Dublin railway line
	to Dundalk Clarke, Drogheda MacBride, Dublin Connolly

Scarva

Scarbhach
Scarva; Scarbhach
Commuter Rail
	Scarva Station
General information
Location	Scarva; County Down; (Station in County Armagh); Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°19′56″N 6°21′59″W / 54.33222°N 6.36639°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Belfast-Newry line (1)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	4
Key dates
1859	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
v; t; e; Belfast–Newry line
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Westlink / Central Junction
	to Lanyon Place
	Lisburn-Antrim railway line
	to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim
	Belfast-Dublin railway line
	to Dundalk Clarke, Drogheda MacBride, Dublin Connolly
Location
Location
	Scarva Location within Northern Ireland

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Scarva railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Scarbhach) serves Scarva in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite serving the County Down village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the nearby Newry Canal being the boundary.

History

The station opened on 23 March 1859. The station was formerly the junction for the GNR(I) branch to Banbridge which opened in 1859 and closed on 2 May 1955. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.

Service

There is a limited service from the station with four trains towards Newry or Bangor on Mondays to Saturdays only.

There is no Sunday service.

Scarva railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise en route to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Portadown		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry	Poyntzpass
	Historical railways
Tanderagee Line open station closed		Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Portadown-Drogheda	Poyntzpass Line open station open
Terminus		Banbridge Junction Railway Scarva-Banbridge	Laurencetown Line and station closed

References

^ "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

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[1] "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

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