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Placename was a railway station that operated in the northern eastern southern western

:English

:Scottish

:Welsh

:Irish

county of Countyshire. Opened in 0000, it was built for the something trade. Then it survived on local passengers and freight. During the war it was used by the nearby base. Initially opened under the name of Name its name changed to Rename in 0000 to avoid confusion with the new Otherstation. Then in 0000 its name was changed to Newname after the closure of Oldrailway. The station closed to passengers in 0000 although freight used the site until 0000.

Situated north south east west of the place, on the road to nextown, the station consisted of two platforms for the passing loop on the single track. A station building stood on the platform. There was also a small goods yard, engine shed and signal box. This controlled the adjacent level crossing.

The station was intended to serve the Vapour trade. When that did not meet expected levels, the line turned to the Other trade. However, this petered out and the line eked out a quiet existence carrying sparse local passengers and agricultural produce.

Opened by the First Railway, then run by the

London and South Western Railway

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Taff Vale Railway

Midland Railway

Caledonian Railway

Glasgow and South Western Railway

London, Chatham and Dover Railway

North British Railway

Great Northern Railway

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

London and North Western Railway

North Staffordshire Railway

Cheshire Lines Committee

Great Eastern Railway

Great Northern Railway

Cambrian Railways

Highland Railway

Barry Railway

Rhymney Railway

Great Central Railway

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Metropolitan Railway

Furness Railway

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

, it became part of the

:Great Western Railway

:London, Midland and Scottish Railway

:London and North Eastern Railway

:Southern Railway

:during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the

:London Midland Region of British Railways

:Scottish Region of British Railways

:Southern Region of British Railways

:Western Region of British Railways

:Eastern Region of British Railways

:on nationalisation in 1948.

:it was then closed by the

:British Transport Commission :British Railways Board.

:When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by

:the Intercity Sector

:Network SouthEast

:Regional Railways

:ScotRail

:by arrangement with the

:Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive

:Glasgow PTE

:West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive

:Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

:Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive

:Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive

until the privatisation of British Railways.

History of rail transport in Ireland

Opened by the First Railway Company, at the the beginning of the 20th century, the station was run by the

• Belfast and County Down Railway (B&CDR) incorporated 1846, first section opened 1848, 128 km (80 mi)
• Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR) incorporated 1845, first section opened 1851, 150 km (93.75 mi)
• County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (CDRJC) operated jointly by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and the Midland Railway (England). Narrow gauge. The parent line opened 1863, 178 km (111 mi)
• Dublin and South Eastern Railway (D&SER (formerly Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway) incorporated 1846, first section opened 1856, 256 km (160 mi). The Dublin and Kingstown Railway was part of that system.
• Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)) incorporated 1876 (the Ulster Railway, one of its constituents, dates from 1836) first section opened 1839, 970 km (606 mi).
• Great Southern and Western Railway (GSWR) first section incorporated 1844 (a large number of smaller railways were incorporated between 1871 and 1901), 1794 km (1121 mi)
• Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) incorporated 1845, 861 km (538 mi).
• Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee (NCC) first section incorporated 1845, first section opened 1848, amalgamated with the Midland Railway in 1903, 424 km (265.25 mi).

it was absorbed by the

The Great Southern and Western Railway Company, the Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland and the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway Company agreed to terms for amalgamation, forming the Great Southern Railway Company by way of the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924 (SI no. 31 of that year).

The Great Southern Railways Company was formed when the fourth major company, the Dublin and South Eastern Railway, joined these companies under the Great Southern Railways Amalgamation Scheme of 1 January 1925 (SI no. 1 of that year) and the Great Southern Railways Supplemental Amalgamation Scheme, also 1925.

and so joined the

Great Southern Railways

Current Irish Railways

1948 Ulster Transport Authority to 1968 Northern Ireland Railways in the North.

The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Coras Iompair Éireann as a result of the [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1944.html Transport Act 1944] which took effect from 1 January 1945. It passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986.

Services are part of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit line.

It was closed in the year

Today the site is a popular walk industrial estate part of the bypass derelict a small housing estate.

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