Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station was on the

Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway The Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway (DKALR) was an Irish gauge () railway in Ireland linking Downpatrick with Ardglass. It was built from 1890 to 1892 and absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948. It was closed on 16 Janua ...

, which ran from

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Its cathedral is said to be the bu ...

Ardglass Ardglass () is a coastal fishing village, townland (of 321 acres) and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the historic Barony (geographic), barony of Lecale Lower. It is still a relatively important fis ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

History

Opened by the

, it became part of the

Belfast and County Down Railway The Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) was an Irish gauge () railway in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) linking Belfast with County Down. It was built in the 19th century and absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948. All but th ...

. It was only used on race days. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the

Ulster Transport Authority The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland from 1948 until 1966. Formation and consolidation The UTA was formed by the Transport Act 1948, which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRTB ...

The site today

References

* * * Disused railway stations in County Down Railway stations opened in 1893 Railway stations closed in 1950 1893 establishments in Ireland 1950 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in the 1890s Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1950 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub