Omagh railway station

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the first station on 13 September 1852. A series of temporary stations, near the junction with the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway, served the town until 3 March 1863 when a new, joint station - shared by the two companies (or, rather, their successors)- was opened at the junction. The station was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1883. On 24 November 1950, five permanent way workers were killed when a passenger train struck them in heavy fog as it entered the station. The incident is known as the Omagh rail tragedy and is commemorated locally with a memorial stone and garden. It closed on 15 February 1965…