Annakeera Crossing
Annakeera Crossing | |||||||||||
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Location |
Annaghmore, County Armagh Northern Ireland UK | ||||||||||
Coordinates | GB 54°27′43″N 6°36′00″W / 54.462°N 6.600°WCoordinates: GB 54°27′43″N 6°36′00″W / 54.462°N 6.600°W | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Original company | Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway | ||||||||||
Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway | ||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
1858 | line opened | ||||||||||
1899–1902 | Track doubled | ||||||||||
by June 1938 | Station opened | ||||||||||
1959 | Track singled | ||||||||||
13 June 1960 | Station closed | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Annakeera Crossing was a level crossing near Annaghmore in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. By 1938 it was also a railway request halt.
History
The Great Northern Railway opened the halt on its Portadown — Omagh line. The Ulster Transport Authority took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958 and closed the halt in 1960.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
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