Banbridge railway station was on the Banbridge Junction Railway and Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway which ran from Knockmore Junction to

Banbridge Banbridge ( ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the Bann in 1712. It is in the civil parish of Seapatrick and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper ...

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History

The first Banbridge station was opened by the Banbridge Junction Railway on 23 March 1859. The nearby Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway was opened on 1 August 1863 with their own station for Banbridge, resulting in the former station closing in October that year. The station was later part of the once extensive

Great Northern Railway (Ireland) The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I), GNRI or simply GNR) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. Th ...

system that connected to , and . The Great Northern Railway Board closed the Scarva and Newcastle branches on 2 May 1955 and then the remaining line to Lisburn on 30 April 1956, almost a year later. The lines in the town had been lifted by September 1959. The engine shed is now used by

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as a bus depot.

Railway Revival

Translink and

Northern Ireland Railways NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR; and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways; UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Tr ...

are planning to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland, which includes the branch from Lisburn to Banbridge to ease congestion of the Belfast-Newry line, which would reintroduce rail services to the town as well as in Dromore and Hillsborough. which refers t
Railway Investment Prioritisation Strategy, May 2024
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Services

References

{{Commons Disused railway stations in County Down Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1859 Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1956

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Proposed railway stations in Northern Ireland