Omagh railway station

Railway station in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Omagh railway station was a railway station that served Omagh in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

LocationRailway Terrace, James Street
Omagh, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
UK
Coordinates 54.598767°N 7.310309°W / 54.598767; -7.310309
Platforms2
StatusDemolished
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Omagh
Passenger train hauled by GNRI Class U locomotive no. 204 Antrim leaves Omagh on 7 June 1957
General information
LocationRailway Terrace, James Street
Omagh, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
UK
Coordinates 54.598767°N 7.310309°W / 54.598767; -7.310309
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Original companyLondonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
13 September 1852Station opens
15 February 1965Station closes
Location
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History

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the first station on 13 September 1852.[1]

A series of temporary stations, near the junction with the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway, served the town until 3 March 1863 when a new, joint station - shared by the two companies (or, rather, their successors)- was opened [2] at the junction.

The station was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1883.

On 24 November 1950, five permanent way workers were killed when a passenger train struck them in heavy fog as it entered the station. The incident is known as the Omagh rail tragedy and is commemorated locally with a memorial stone and garden.[3]

It closed on 15 February 1965 when the Ulster Transport Authority mothballed the Derry Road line.[4]

Railway Revival

Translink and Northern Ireland Railways are planning to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland including the Derry Road line from Portadown to Derry, which would reintroduce rail services to Omagh as well as in Dungannon and Strabane.[5]

Routes

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Newtownstewart
Line and station closed		   Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Londonderry to Enniskillen 1853 - 1856		   Fintona
Line and station closed
Newtownstewart
Line and station closed		   Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Londonderry to Enniskillen 1856 - 1957		   Fintona Junction
Line and station closed
Beragh
Line and station closed		   Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Portadown to Omagh		   Terminus
  Proposed Services  
Dungannon   All-Island Strategic Rail Review
Derry-Portadown Line		   Strabane
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Gallery

Railway Goods Building in Omagh.
Omagh Rail Tragedy Memorial.
Formerly named the Station Hotel in Omagh.
"The First and Last" Pub, being the first and last pub on the way to the station in Omagh, which is also currently closed.

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