Scarva railway station explained

Scarva
Name Lang:EN
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ni
Type:Commuter Rail
Address:Scarva
Borough:County Down
(Station in County Armagh)
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.3322°N -6.3664°W
Line:Belfast-Newry line (1)
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Years:1859
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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Scarva railway station 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 1965. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.

Service

There is a limited service from the station with four trains towards or 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 .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: iLink Zone information . translink.co.uk . Translink . 4 November 2023.