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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.[1][2]
Cavan | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| 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 |
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.
After the railway line closed in 1960, the station was later refurbished as an office building. From 2000 to 2018, it housed the offices of The Anglo-Celt Newspaper.[3][4]
The station was recommended for reopening in 2023 in an All-Island Strategic Railway Review, as part of a line from Mullingar to Portadown.[5]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossdoney | Midland Great Western Railway Inny Junction-Cavan |
terminus | ||
| terminus | Great Northern Railway Clones-Cavan |
Loreto College Halt | ||
| Proposed Services | ||||
| Mullingar | All-Island Strategic Rail Review Mullingar-Portadown Line |
Clones | ||
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