Annakeera Crossing | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location |
Annaghmore, County Armagh Northern Ireland UK | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°26′11″N 6°29′05″W / 54.436428°N 6.484651°W | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 110 ft | ||||||||||
| 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 | Request halt | ||||||||||
| 1959 | Track singled | ||||||||||
| 13 June 1960 | Halt 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. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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