Navan railway station

Railways around Navan
Legend To Drogheda To Clonsilla Navan Navan Central Navan Junction Navan North Tara Mine To Oldcastle To Kingscourt

Navan railway station served the town of Navan in County Meath. The station served the centre of the town, and was on the branch line between Drogheda and Oldcastle, which was opened by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway in 1850^[1] and became part of the Great Northern Railway in 1876. The station was one of two serving the town, the other being Navan Junction, which served as the main station and was on two separate routes. Navan station was much smaller, with a single bi-directional platform serving the single track.

Navan station, along with the branch line, was closed in 1958 to passenger services. However, the station remains relatively intact today, and several freight trains per day still pass through to and from the Tara Mine.^[2]

The campaign group Rail Users Ireland has called for the restoration of passenger services on the Oldcastle line as an immediate commuter service between Navan and Dublin. This is because the planned passenger Dublin-Navan railway line from Clonsilla, which will use the Midland Great Western Railway alignment, will not reach Navan until 2015. Rail Users Ireland's proposal is for Navan station to be reopened and two new stations (Navan East and Duleek) to be built, allowing a commuter service of 65 minutes into Dublin.^[3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Beaupark		Great Northern Railway Drogheda–Oldcastle		Navan Junction

References

1. ^ "Navan station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
2. ^ Navan station - eiretrains.com
3. ^ Navan - Drogheda - Dublin, Navan Already Has a Rail Line to Dublin - Rail Users Ireland