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.

Oldcastle's train yard consisted of a warehouse and station master's house built in Italianate style.

The station handled parcels, passengers, furniture, carriages, portable engines, and livestock, serving as the heart of Oldcastle's market economy.

This was reported on by the Meath Chronicle, writing 'The long expected German prisoners arrived this week in Oldcastle and took up quarters in the disused workhouse'.

[9] In 1950, nationalisation of CIÉ (the State transport company in the Republic) threatened the existence of several lines,[10] and in April 1958, the Oldcastle railway lost its passenger service.

[11] For most of its history, steam locomotives operated on the Oldcastle railway, but between 1949 and 1960, huge investment was made in diesel engines.