Downpatrick Loop Platform railway station

Downpatrick Loop Platform railway station
General information
Location	Downpatrick, County Down Northern Ireland
Owned by	Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Operated by	Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Line(s)	South Line Loop Line
Platforms	2
History
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Ulster Transport Authority
Key dates
8 July 1892	Opened
16 January 1950	Closed
5 December 1987	Reopened by DCDR
Route map Legend Belfast & County Down Railway to Belfast Inch Abbey Quoile Bridge (River Quoile) Downpatrick Downpatrick Loop Platform King Magnus' Halt Ardglass Line Ballynoe Killough Coney Island Ardglass Ballydugan (proposed) Belfast & County Down Railway to Newcastle

Downpatrick Loop Platform railway station (often shorted to The Loop Platform or simply The Loop) is a junction station owned and operated by the Downpatrick and County Down Railway, heritage railway in Northern Ireland.

The station is on the only operational railway triangle on a preserved railway.^[1] It can only be accessed by train – similar to Manulla Junction in County Mayo or Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight.