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Monaghan railway station

Coordinates: 54°14′46″N 6°58′05″W / 54.246°N 6.968°W / 54.246; -6.968
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Monaghan
Monaghan railway station photographed on 14 October 2011
General information
LocationMonaghan, County Monaghan
Ireland
Coordinates54°14′46″N 6°58′05″W / 54.246°N 6.968°W / 54.246; -6.968
History
Original companyUlster Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
2 March 1863Station opens
1 October 1957Station closes to passengers
31 December 1959Station closes

Monaghan railway station was on the Ulster Railway designed by Sir John Macneil located in the Republic of Ireland.

History

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The Ulster Railway opened the station on 2 March 1863.[1]

It closed to regular passenger traffic on 14 October 1957 but goods, mail and occasional passenger traffic continued until the end of 1959. It was part of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland railway system. An All-Island Strategic Rail Review jointly commissioned by the Irish and Northern Irish governments recommended the reopening of the station on a line between Mullingar and Portadown.[2]

Monaghan railway goods shed, now a furniture store.

Routes

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Glaslough   Ulster Railway
Portadown to Clones
  Smithborough
  Proposed Services  
Clones   All-Island Strategic Rail Review
Mullingar-Portadown Line
  Armagh

References

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  1. ^ "Monaghan" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "All-Island Strategic Rail Review makes 30 proposals to develop railways in Ireland". Railway Gazette International. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.