Trew and Moy railway station

Station in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

54°28′48″N 6°40′37″W / 54.480°N 6.677°W / 54.480; -6.677Platforms2HistoryOriginal companyPortadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction RailwayPost-groupingGreat Northern RailwayKey dates1858^[1]Station opened1899–1902^[1]Track doubled east of station1959^[1]Track singled east of station15 February 1965^[2]Station closed

Trew and Moy railway station was a railway station in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The station was near Trew Mount, over 2 miles (3 kilometres) north of Moy.

History

The station was opened in 1858 by the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway, which the Great Northern Railway (GNR) took over in 1876.^[3] Trew and Moy was served by GNR passenger trains between Belfast Great Victoria Street and Londonderry Foyle Road via Portadown. The station became important in the export of horses from Moy's annual week-long horse fair.^[4] The Ulster Transport Authority took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958^[5] and closed the PD&O line on 15 February 1965.^[2]

The former station now holds a mushroom distribution business. The main station building, which was on the south side of the station beside the down platform, now contains offices, and the former goods shed is a staff facility. A lower quadrant stop signal, a lower quadrant distant signal and a shunting signal have been relocated to a garden beside the station, along with a wooden shelter from the up platform that has been repurposed as a summer house.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Vernersbridge		Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway Portadown to Omagh		Dungannon
Vernersbridge		Ulster Transport Authority Portadown — Omagh line		Dungannon

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hajducki, 1974, map 8
^ ^a ^b Baker 1972, pp. 155, 209.
^ Hajducki 1974, p. xiii.
^ FitzGerald 1995, p. 1.
^ Hajducki 1974, pp. xii, xiii.

Sources

Baker, Michael H.C. (1972). Irish Railways since 1916. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0282-7.
FitzGerald, J.D. (1995). The Derry Road. Colourpoint Transport. Vol. 2. Gortrush: Colourpoint Press. ISBN 1-898392-09-9.
Hajducki, S. Maxwell (1974). A Railway Atlas of Ireland. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5167-2.

Gallery

Former goods shed, just west of passenger station
Passenger shelter from "up" platform, repositioned in a garden with former GNR signals
Remains of timetable poster inside former "up" platform shelter
Royal Mail Victorian wallbox in front wall of main building