Oldcastle branch line

Oldcastle branch line
A Tara Mines train passes Duleek
Overview
Main region(s)County Meath, Leinster
Parent companyD&B Jct Railway (1863)
Great Northern (1876)
Dates of operation1863–1963
Technical
Length13 miles (21 km)
Route map

All passenger service beyond
Drogheda withdrawn in 1958.
Drogheda
 
Platin
Cement Works
 
Duleek
Lougher
Beaupark
Navan
enlarge… Navan Junction
Ballybeg
Kells
Virginia Road
Oldcastle

The Oldcastle branch line (Irish: fó-líne iarnróid An tSeanchaisleán) was a railway line in County Meath, Ireland. It was part of a branch line off the main line between Belfast and Dublin, connecting to Drogheda. This line was connected to the Midland Great Western line from Clonsilla to Navan in 1862.[1] The Oldcastle line itself was not opened until March 17, 1863 and served passengers for almost a hundred years.

According to commemorative plaques on the site of the old station, the line was just under 13 miles long, took two and a half years to build, and cost £73,683,14s,3d.

  1. ^ "Navan Junction".