Scarva railway station

54°19′56″N 6°21′59″W / 54.33222°N 6.36639°W / 54.33222; -6.36639Owned byNI RailwaysOperated byNI RailwaysLine(s)Belfast-Newry line (1)Platforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationFare zone4^[1]Key dates1859Station opened1965Station closed1984Station re-openedPassengers2022/235,060 ^[2]2023/24 6,183 ^[3]

Route map

v t e Belfast–Newry line Legend Belfast-Larne/Bangor railway lines to Carrickfergus, Larne Town, Bangor Lanyon Place Botanic Botanic Tunnel City Hospital Great Victoria Street Grand Central Adelaide depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim (disused) Maze Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter

Location
Scarva Location within Northern Ireland

Scarva railway station serves Scarva in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite serving the County Down village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the nearby Newry Canal being the boundary.

History

The station opened on 23 March 1859. The station was formerly the junction for the GNR(I) branch to Banbridge which opened in 1859 and closed on 2 May 1965. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.

Service

There is a limited service from the station with four trains towards Newry or Bangor on Mondays to Saturdays only.

There is no Sunday service.

Scarva railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise en route to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Portadown		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry		Poyntzpass
	Historical railways
Tanderagee Line open station closed		Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Portadown-Drogheda		Poyntzpass Line open station open
Terminus		Banbridge Junction Railway Scarva-Banbridge		Laurencetown Line and station closed

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