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Cavan town terminus

Cavan
Location Cavan, County Cavan
Ireland
Platforms 3
History
Pre-grouping Midland Great Western Railway and the Great Northern Railway of Ireland
Key dates
1856 station opened (line from Inny Jct.)
1862 GNR line from Clones opened
1947 Station closed to MGWR passengers
1957 Station closed to GNR passengers
1959 last passenger special
1960 line closed to all traffic
1961 line lifted

Cavan railway station in Swellan in Cavan Town was a former station on the Inny Junction to Cavan branch of the Midland Great Western Railway, Ireland. The station now houses the offices of The Anglo-Celt Newspaper.

The Clones and Cavan Extension Railway was an extension of the Ulster Railway from Clones in County Monaghan to Cavan opened in 1862. The station in Cavan was opened firstly by the Midland Great Western Railway with trains to Dublin Broadstone. However the Ulster Railway also sought to link Cavan with Belfast Great Victoria Street.



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