Enniskillen railway station
Enniskillen | |||||||
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General information | |||||||
Location | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh Northern Ireland UK | ||||||
Coordinates | 54°20′42″N 7°37′39″W / 54.345022°N 7.627562°W | ||||||
Elevation | 181 ft | ||||||
History | |||||||
Original company | Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway | ||||||
Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) | ||||||
Key dates | |||||||
19 August 1854 | Station opens | ||||||
15 February 1859 | New DE station opens | ||||||
1 June 1860 | LER relocates to DE station | ||||||
January 1883 | SLNCR start to share facilities at the station | ||||||
1 October 1957 | Station closes | ||||||
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Enniskillen railway station served Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the first station in the town on 19 August 1854.
The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway opened a station slightly further south in Enniskillen on 15 February 1859;[1] on 1 June 1860, the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway moved so as to share the facilities at this station.
On 18 March 1879 the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway opened a temporary station in Enniskillen. In January 1883 the temporary station was closed, when the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway agreed to share facilities at the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway station.
That station was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1883.
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It closed on 1 October 1957.[2]
Routes
[edit]Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Gortaloughan Halt | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Londonderry to Enniskillen |
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Lisbellaw | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Dundalk to Enniskillen |
Terminus | ||
Mullaghy | Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Sligo to Enniskillen |
Terminus |
References
[edit]- ^ "Enniskillen (DE) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Enniskillen (LE) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.