Poyntzpass railway station

Poyntzpass
Commuter Rail
Poyntzpass railway station in 2007
General information
Location	Poyntzpass County Armagh Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.2924°N 6.3720°W / 54.2924; -6.3720
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Portadown/Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	4[1]
Key dates
1862	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
Passengers
2022/23	2,037 [2]
2023/24	2,362 [3]
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map v t e Belfast–Newry line Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter
Location Poyntzpass Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Poyntzpass Poyntzpass (island of Ireland) Show map of island of Ireland

Poyntzpass, as seen from the signal cabin

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.[3]

History

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.

Service

As of Autumn 2022, there is a limited service from the station, with five trains towards Newry and four towards Belfast Grand Central on Mondays to Fridays; three trains towards Newry and two towards Belfast on Saturdays; and no services on Sundays.[4]

Poyntzpass railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise service en route to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Scarva		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry		Newry
	Historical railways
Scarva Line open and station open		Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Portadown-Drogheda		Goraghwood Line open and station closed

References

1. "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
2. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
4. "Timetables - Translink". Translink. Retrieved 5 October 2022.