Adavoyle railway station

Adavoyle railway station

Infobox Ireland disused station
name = Adavoyle
other_name =


caption =
locale = Newry
borough = County Down
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
line = Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
manager = Northern Railway of Ireland
owner = Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
platforms =
years = 1892
events = Station opens
years2 = 1933
events2 = Station closes

Adavoyle was a station which served Adavoyle in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Future Taoiseach Éamon de Valera was ‘deported’ through this station by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1924 when he was arrested at the Canal Street police station [http://www.newryjournal.co.uk/content/view/1111/31/] , and put on the train to Dublin at Adavoyle. [http://www.newrymemoirs.com/stories_pages/devalerafoxedruc_1.html]

History

The station was opened by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway railways, then absorbed into the Northern Railway of Ireland. Then it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) The station closed under this management.

The site today

The building has been restored, and will be a dwelling house. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/315179] The Dublin-Belfast railway line, including the Enterprise services, still passes the former platforms. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/538041]

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*Geograph [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/315179]


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