From the town of Belfast to the City of Armagh
In 1836, an Act of Parliament allowed the Ulster Railway Company to build the first railway in Ulster from ‘the Town of Belfast to the City of Armagh’. The line reached Lurgan in 1841, Portadown a year later and the first trains rolled into Armagh in 1848.The last train left Armagh on...

Small industrial railways
A combination of necessity, opportunity and a degree of ingenuity led to the development of three ‘narrow gauge’ lines within the County.1. The Bessbrook and Newry Tramway 1885-1948 The Bessbrook Spinning Company’s tramway travelled the three mile route from the ‘model&rs...

Railway disaster
On 12th June1889, 89 people died and hundreds were injured in Ireland’s worst railway disaster (get closer by clicking the images). That morning almost 1200 people crammed into 13 carriages at Armagh Station - about 400 more passengers than expected. At 10.15am, the train departed for ...