Ardara Road Halt railway station

Ardara Road Halt was a station which served Ardara in County Donegal, Ireland.

Ardara Road Halt

Ard an Rátha
LocationKillybegs, County Donegal
Ireland
Coordinates 54.6604°N 8.4111°W / 54.6604; -8.4111
History
Original companyCounty Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Key dates
18 August 1893Station opens as Ardara Road
1910Name changed to Ardara Road Halt
1 January 1960Station closes
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bruckless   County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Killybegs to Strabane line		   Killybegs

History

The station was opened by the Donegal Railway Company, and became part of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee railways in 1906 when the original company was bought jointly by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland and the Northern Counties Committee.

This organisation ran the line until its closure.[1]

References
  1. "S.I. No. 179/1959 - County Donegal Railways (Killybegs-Strabane, Letterkenny Strabane) Termination of Railway Services Order, 1959". Irish Statute Book.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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