Navan Junction railway station
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Navan Junction was a
line from Dublin to Sligo, connecting Clonsilla and Navan. This line was later extended as far as Kingscourt in 1865.[1]
Although Navan had two railway stations, Navan Junction was the main one serving the town, with a total of four platforms serving the two routes. However, following the
nationalisation of the railways in Ireland
in 1945, a major rationalisation programme led to the closure of many branch lines. Passenger services on the Kingscourt line ended in 1947, and led to the line between Clonsilla and Navan being lifted, while services on the Oldcastle line ended in 1958, with the line between Navan and Oldcastle lifted in 1963. This saw the final closure of Navan Junction station itself.
Today, little remains of the station. Most of the buildings have been
freight trains still pass through the site - until 2001, trains transported gypsum from the Gypsum Industries plant at Kingscourt through the site, while trains from the Tara Mine continue to use the remaining part of the Oldcastle line to transport zinc and lead
to Drogheda.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Drogheda-Oldcastle |
Ballybeg | ||
| Bective | Midland Great Western Railway Clonsilla-Kingscourt |
Gibbstown |
References
- ^ "Navan Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
- ^ Navan Junstion - eiretrains.com