Ardee railway station
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Ardee Baile Átha Fhirdhia | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Sean O'Carroll Street Ardee, County Louth Ireland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°51′23″N 6°32′11″W / 53.8565°N 6.5364°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) | ||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
1 August 1896 | Station opens | ||||||||||
3 June 1934 | Station closes to passengers | ||||||||||
3 November 1975 | Goods service ends | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ardee railway station was a railway station which served Ardee in County Louth, Ireland. It was the terminus of a branch which diverged from the Belfast-Dublin line at Dromin Junction.[1]
History
The station was opened by the
Engineer
In 1896 The Great Northern Railway had their own engineering staff working under the Chief Engineer William Hemmingway Mills. The Engineer in charge of the Ardee branch was Joshua H. Hargrave (1860-1924) who lived in Dún Laoghaire (known as Kingstown at the time).[3]
Today
Three small structures within the station site, all of which were built in 1880, are listed as
The trackbed itself had been converted into a pedestrian walkway by the local Tidy Towns committee with financial help from Louth County Council in 2007 and further upgrades occurring in 2014.[citation needed]
References
- OL 11956311M.
- ^ Ayers, Bob (10 February 2024). "Irish Railway Stations Index" (PDF). Railscot.
- ^ Institute of Civil Engineers obituary
- ^ "Louth County Development Plan 2015 – 2021" (PDF). Louth County Council. 2c: 61–62. 2015.