Pomeroy railway station explained

Pomeroy
Native Name Lang:ga
Borough:Pomeroy, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
Country:UK
Coordinates:54.5894°N -6.922°W
Original:Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Postgroup:Great Northern Railway
Years:2 September 1861
Events:Station opens
Years1:15 February 1965
Events1:Station closes

Pomeroy railway station served Pomeroy in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway opened the station on 2 September 1861. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway.

Throughout its history it had the highest altitude of any Irish gauge railway station in Ireland. West of Pomeroy the railway reached its summit, 561feet above sea level,[1] the highest point on Ireland's Irish gauge network.

It closed on 15 February 1965.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hajducki, S. Maxwell . 1974 . A Railway Atlas of Ireland . Newton Abbott . . 0 7153 5167 2 . map 8.
  2. Web site: Pomeroy station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2012-04-29.