Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway

Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway
Overview
Dates of operation1873 (1873)–1951 (1951)
Technical
Track gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Route map
Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway
 Belfast–Dublin line
To Armagh
Newry
Newry Bridge Street
(Bessbrook)
Newry Dublin Bridge
To Warrenpoint
Co. Armagh/Co. Louth border
 Omeath
Carlingford
Greenore
Greenore to Holyhead Ferry
Bush
Bellurgan
Dundalk
Dundalk Quay Street
To Inniskeen
Dublin–Belfast line

The 26 miles (42 km) Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway (DNGR, DN&GR) was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway in Ireland. It was conceived as the Dundalk and Greenore Railway in the 1860s to provide a link between the towns in its title and the London and North Western Railway port at Greenore, from where a ferry service operated to Holyhead. It was opened between Greenore and Dundalk in 1873 and extended to Newry in 1876. The company operated a hotel at Greenore.

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