Newry railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Iúr Cinn Trá) serves Newry and Bessbrook in Northern Ireland. The station is in the northwest of the town (in County Armagh) on the Cross Border line next to the 18-arch, 126 ft (38 m) high Craigmore Viaduct.
The station originally opened in 1855 as Newry Main Line, renamed Bessbrook & Newry Main Line in 1866, renamed again as Bessbrook in 1880 before closing in 1942. It was re-opened in 1984 as an NIR Intercity station, with basic facilities such as a temporary booking office. These facilities remained in place for over 20 years from the station's opening by which time their condition was declining. In order to improve facilities for passengers a modern new station building was constructed and opened on September 7th 2009
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