Newry and Armagh Railway

The Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR Board close the remaining lines serving Armagh on 1 October 1957.

[2] Government Minister for the Department for Regional Development, Danny Kennedy MLA indicates railway restoration plans.

[4] Hamiltonsbawn was the scene of the Armagh railway disaster which happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, Ulster, Ireland, when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled.

[5] Located on the Armagh to Goraghwood section of line run by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland.

[8] Presently trains run Northern Ireland Railways pass the closed station as well as the Enterprise.

A disused railway bridge in Hamiltonsbawn with evidence of soot from the steam trains as used by the GNR (I) .