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Pomeroy railway station

Coordinates: 54°35′22″N 6°55′19″W / 54.58941°N 6.92203°W / 54.58941; -6.92203
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Pomeroy
General information
LocationPomeroy, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
UK
Coordinates54°35′22″N 6°55′19″W / 54.58941°N 6.92203°W / 54.58941; -6.92203
History
Original companyPortadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Key dates
2 September 1861Station opens
15 February 1965Station closes

Pomeroy railway station served Pomeroy in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway opened the station on 2 September 1861. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway.

Throughout its history it had the highest altitude of any Irish gauge railway station in Ireland. West of Pomeroy the railway reached its summit, 561 feet (171 metres) above sea level,[1] the highest point on Ireland's Irish gauge network.

It closed on 15 February 1965.[2]

A Bus shelter at Cavankeeran, Pomeroy for Ulsterbus with a retaining wall from the former GNR

Routes

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Donaghmore   Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway
Portadown to Omagh
  Carrickmore

References

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  1. ^ Hajducki, S. Maxwell (1974). A Railway Atlas of Ireland. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. map 8. ISBN 0 7153 5167 2.
  2. ^ "Pomeroy station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.