Enniskillen railway station

Enniskillen railway station served Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Enniskillen
General information
LocationEnniskillen, County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
UK
Coordinates 54.345022°N 7.627562°W / 54.345022; -7.627562
Elevation181 ft
History
Original companyLondonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
19 August 1854Station opens
15 February 1859New DE station opens
1 June 1860LER relocates to DE station
January 1883SLNCR start to share facilities at the station
1 October 1957Station closes

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the first station in the town on 19 August 1854.

The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway opened a station slightly further south in Enniskillen on 15 February 1859;[1] on 1 June 1860, the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway moved so as to share the facilities at this station.

On 18 March 1879 the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway opened a temporary station in Enniskillen. In January 1883 the temporary station was closed, when the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway agreed to share facilities at the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway station.

That station was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1883.

The Railway Hotel, Enniskillen.

It closed on 1 October 1957.[2]

Routes
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Gortaloughan Halt   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Londonderry to Enniskillen		   Terminus
Lisbellaw   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Dundalk to Enniskillen		   Terminus
Mullaghy   Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
Sligo to Enniskillen		   Terminus

References
  1. "Enniskillen (DE) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. "Enniskillen (LE) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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