Scarva railway station

Scarva railway station serves Scarva in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite serving the County Down village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the nearby Newry Canal being the boundary.

Scarva
Commuter Rail
Scarva Station
General information
Location	Scarva County Down (Station in County Armagh) Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°19′56″N 6°21′59″W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Belfast-Newry line (1)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	4[1]
Key dates
1859	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
Passengers
2022/23	5,060 [2]
2023/24	6,183 [3]
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map v t e Belfast–Newry line Legend Year closed Belfast-Larne/Bangor railway lines to Carrickfergus, Larne Town, Bangor Lanyon Place Botanic Botanic Tunnel City Hospital Great Victoria Street 2024 Grand Central Adelaide depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter
Location Scarva Location within Northern Ireland

History

Scarva station, 2005

The station opened on 23 March 1859. The station was formerly the junction for the GNR(I) branch to Banbridge which opened in 1859 and closed on 2 May 1965. Scarva station was closed between 1965 and 1984.

Service

There is a limited service from the station with four trains towards Newry or Bangor on Mondays to Saturdays only.

There is no Sunday service.

Scarva railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and is often passed at speed by the Enterprise en route to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Portadown		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry		Poyntzpass
	Historical railways
Tanderagee Line open station closed		Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Portadown-Drogheda		Poyntzpass Line open station open
Terminus		Banbridge Junction Railway Scarva-Banbridge		Laurencetown Line and station closed

References

1. "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
2. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.