Scarva railway station

Scarva
Location	Scarva, County Down (Station in County Armagh) Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°19′56″N 6°21′59″W / 54.33222°N 6.36639°W / 54.33222; -6.36639Coordinates: 54°19′56″N 6°21′59″W / 54.33222°N 6.36639°W / 54.33222; -6.36639
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1859	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
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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

Scarva station, 2005

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 1955. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.^[1]

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

References

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