Poyntzpass railway station

Poyntzpass
Enterprise train passing Poyntzpass station in 2007
General information
Location	Poyntzpass County Armagh Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.2924°N 6.3720°W / 54.2924; -6.3720
System	Commuter Rail
Owner	NI Railways
Operator	NI Railways
Line	Dublin–Belfast
Distance	Belfast Lanyon Place: 36½ Miles Dublin Connolly: 77 miles
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Bus operators	None
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Other information
Station code	PS
Fare zone	4
Key dates
1862	Station opened
1965	Station closed
1984	Station re-opened
Passengers
2015/16	1,452
2016/17	1,569
2017/18	1,191
2018/19	1,819
2019/20	1,950
2020/21	717
2021/22	970
2022/23	2,037
2023/24	2,362
2024/25	1,730
2025/26	2,843
Services
Newry
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map (Click to expand) Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy M1 Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim line 2003 Banbridge, Lisburn & Belfast Jn Rly to Banbridge 1956 Maze 1974 Broomhedge Halt 1973 Damhead 1973 Moira M1 Pritchard's Bridge 1844 Lurgan Goodyear Halt 1983 Seagoe 1842 River Bann Portadown to Dungannon, Omagh and Londonderry 1965 to Armagh, Clones and Cavan 1957 Tanderagee 1965 Banbridge Jn Rly to Banbridge 1955 Scarva Acton Crossing 1954 Poyntzpass Augheranter Crossing 1954 Knockarney Crossing 1965 Newry and Armagh Railway to Armagh 1955 Goraghwood 1965 to Warrenpoint 1965 Mullaghglass 1901 Bessbrook and Newry Tramway Craigmore Viaduct Newry MacNeill's Egyptian Arch Wellington Inn 1852 Adavoyle 1933 Northern Ireland Ireland border Mt. Pleasant 1965 M1 Castletown River Dundalk Clarke Dundalk Junct. station 1894 ← to Clones and Enniskillen│to Greenore → 1957/1952 Dundalk Railway Works 1958 Castlebellingham 1976 to Ardee 1975 Dromin Junction 1975 Dunleer 1984 Newfoundwell Boyne Viaduct Drogheda MacBride Oldcastle branch line (freight only) Bettystown 1847 Laytown Laytown Viaduct Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Ardgillan 1867 Skerries Skerries Golf Club Halt 1960 Baldongan 1847 Rush and Lusk Rogerstown Viaduct Donabate Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Baldoyle 1852 to Howth Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf 1956 Clontarf Road Fairview DART depot River Tolka North Wall Yard to Alexandra Road Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Loopline Bridge Trans-Dublin Line & Rosslare Line = Northern Commuter = Newry/Portadown Line Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Adelaide Depot Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter
Location Poyntzpass Location within Northern Ireland Poyntzpass Location within island of Ireland

Poyntzpass station, as seen from the disused signal cabin

Poyntzpass railway station serves the village of Poyntzpass in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Poyntzpass is the least-used railway station in Northern Ireland, with just 2,843 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2025/26 financial year. Platform 1 is used for Southbound trains and platform 2 is used for Northbound trains.

Poyntzpass and Scarva Train stations have ticket machines.

There is a level crossing at the southern end of the station, alongside a signal cabin which is now disused but preserved.

On platform 1 there is a stone waiting shelter with origins tracing back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which is now locked shut so it cannot be used, but both platforms now have modern Translink branded waiting shelters.

There is also a siding next to platform 2 where ballast hoppers are stored and occasionally ballast trains operate to and from the station typically hauled by an N.I.R. 111 Class or I.É 201 Class locomotive.

History

The station was opened on 6 January 1852. It was closed by the Ulster Transport Authority in 1965, and reopened (as an unmanned stop) in 1984 by Northern Ireland Railways.

Service

As of late 2026, there is a limited service from the station, with five trains towards Newry and four towards Belfast Grand Central or Portadown on Mondays to Fridays; four trains towards Newry and three towards Belfast or Portadown on Saturdays; and no services on Sundays.

Poyntzpass railway station is on the Belfast-Dublin railway line and so Enterprise services pass through the station operating between Belfast Grand Central and Dublin Connolly.