Poyntzpass railway station

Location
	Poyntzpass Location within Northern Ireland Poyntzpass Poyntzpass (island of Ireland)

Route map
v; t; e; Belfast–Newry line
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Westlink / Central Junction
	to Lanyon Place
	Lisburn-Antrim railway line
	to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim
	Belfast-Dublin railway line
	to Dundalk Clarke, Drogheda MacBride, Dublin Connolly

Poyntzpass
Poyntzpass
Commuter Rail
	Poyntzpass railway station in 2007
General information
Location	Poyntzpass; County Armagh; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°17′33″N 6°22′19″W / 54.2924°N 6.3720°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Portadown/Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	4
Key dates
1862	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
Passengers
2022/23	2,037
2023/24	2,362
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
v; t; e; Belfast–Newry line
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Westlink / Central Junction
	to Lanyon Place
	Lisburn-Antrim railway line
	to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim
	Belfast-Dublin railway line
	to Dundalk Clarke, Drogheda MacBride, Dublin Connolly
Location
Location
	Poyntzpass Location within Northern Ireland Poyntzpass Poyntzpass (island of Ireland)

Poyntzpass, as seen from the signal cabin

Poyntzpass railway station serves Poyntzpass in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Poyntzpass is the least-used railway station in Northern Ireland, with just 2,362 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2023/24 financial year.^[3]

History

The station was opened on 6 January 1862. It was closed by the Ulster Transport Authority in 1965, and reopened in 1984 by Northern Ireland Railways.

Service

As of Autumn 2022, there is a limited service from the station, with five trains towards Newry and four towards Belfast Grand Central on Mondays to Fridays; three trains towards Newry and two towards Belfast on Saturdays; and no services on Sundays.^[4]

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

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Scarva		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry	Newry
	Historical railways
Scarva Line open and station open		Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Portadown-Drogheda	Goraghwood Line open and station closed

References

^ "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "Timetables - Translink". Translink. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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[1] "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

[FOI_figures_2223-2] "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[FOI_figures_2324-3] "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[4] "Timetables - Translink". Translink. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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Bangor Line	Bangor Bangor West Botanic Carnalea City Hospital Cultra Grand Central Helen's Bay Holywood Lanyon Place Marino Seahill Sydenham Titanic Quarter
Derry~Londonderry Line	Antrim Ballymena Ballymoney Bellarena Botanic Castlerock City Hospital Coleraine Cullybackey Derry~Londonderry Grand Central Lanyon Place Mossley West Whiteabbey York Street
Larne Line	Ballycarry Botanic Carrickfergus City Hospital Clipperstown Downshire Glynn Grand Central Greenisland Jordanstown Lanyon Place Larne Harbour Larne Town Magheramorne Trooperslane Whiteabbey Whitehead York Street
Newry/Portadown Line	Adelaide Balmoral Derriaghy Dunmurry Finaghy Grand Central Hilden Lambeg Lisburn Lurgan Moira Newry Portadown Poyntzpass Scarva
Portrush Line	Coleraine Dhu Varren Portrush University
Dublin Line¹	Belfast Grand Central Drogheda MacBride Dublin Connolly Dundalk Clarke Lisburn Lurgan Newry Portadown
¹ Services jointly operated with Iarnród Éireann under the Enterprise brand Rail transport in Ireland