With the opening of the branch to Ballygowan and Downpatrick in 1858, it became a junction station.

The Newtownards branch was eventually extended to Donaghadee and the Downpatrick line to Newcastle.

The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

Today the former engine shed is now used as the Comber Fire Station, while part of the old railway north of the town to Belfast is now the Comber Greenway.

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