Poyntzpass | |
Name Lang: | EN |
Symbol: | rail |
Symbol Location: | ni |
Type: | Commuter Rail |
Address: | Poyntzpass |
Borough: | County Armagh |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.2924°N -6.372°W |
Line: | Belfast-Newry line (1) |
Structure: | At-grade |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Years: | 1862 |
Events: | Station opened |
Years1: | 1965 |
Events1: | Station closed |
Years2: | 1984 |
Events2: | Station re-opened |
Owned: | NI Railways |
Operator: | NI Railways |
Zone: | 4[1] |
Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Map State: | collapsed |
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Poyntzpass railway station serves Poyntzpass in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Poyntzpass is the least-used railway station in Northern Ireland, with just 2,362 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2023/24 financial year.
The station was opened on 6 January 1862. It was closed by the Ulster Transport Authority in 1965, and reopened in 1984 by Northern Ireland Railways.
As of Autumn 2022, there is a limited service from the station, with five trains towards and four towards on Mondays to Fridays; three trains towards Newry and two towards Bangor on Saturdays; and no services on Sundays.[2]
Poyntzpass railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise service en route to .