Pomeroy Railway Station
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Pomeroy railway station served Pomeroy in
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Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (PD&O) was an Irish gauge () railway in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). Early development Building of the PD&O line started from Portadown in 1855 ...
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, above sea level, the highest point on Ireland's Irish gauge network. It closed on 15 February 1965.


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Disused railway stations in County Tyrone Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1861 Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1965 1861 establishments in Ireland 1965 disestablishments in Northern Ireland {{Ireland-railstation-stub