Ashfield Halt railway station

Coordinates: 54°23′39″N 6°10′41″W / 54.3943°N 6.1781°W / 54.3943; -6.1781
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54°23′39″N 6°10′41″W / 54.3943°N 6.1781°W / 54.3943; -6.1781

Ashfield Halt
General information
LocationNorthern Ireland, County Down
Northern Ireland
Other information
StatusDisused
Key dates
1 August 1863Station opened
30 April 1956Station closed

Ashfield Halt railway station served Ashfield in County Down, Northern Ireland. Sited 2 miles south of Dromore the station was served by the line from Lisburn to Banbridge.

History[edit]

Built by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), and closed by that concern in 1956.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Dromore   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Lisburn - Banbridge line
  Mullafernaghan

The site today[edit]

There is no trace of the station left today.

References[edit]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.