Oldcastle branch line

Oldcastle branch line
A Tara Mines train passes Duleek
Overview
StatusPartially closed
LocaleCounty Meath, Leinster
Termini
Service
Operator(s)Iarnród Éireann
History
Opened1850
Closed14 April 1958 (1958-04-14) (passengers)
1 April 1963 (1963-04-01) (beyond Navan)
Technical
Line length39.5 mi (63.6 km)
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Irish gauge
Route map

All passenger service beyond
Drogheda withdrawn in 1958.
Drogheda
 
Platin
Cement Works
 
Duleek
Lougher
Beaupark
Navan
Navan Junction
Ballybeg
Kells
Virginia Road
Oldcastle

The Oldcastle branch line (Irish: fó-líne iarnróid An tSeanchaisleán) is a partially-closed railway line in County Meath, Ireland. It is a branch line starting in Oldcastle and ending at Drogheda on the main line between Belfast and Dublin. This line was connected to the Midland Great Western line from Dublin to Navan until 1963. The line was opened to Navan in 1850, Kells in 1853, and would finally reach Oldcastle in March 17, 1863, serving passengers for over a hundred years.

According to commemorative plaques on the site of Oldcastle station, the line was just under 13 miles long, took two and a half years to build, and cost £73,683,14s,3d.