Ballintra railway station


Ballintra railway station was a Donegal Railway Company station on the Donegal to Ballyshannon line. It was approximately from the village of Ballintra, County Donegal in Ireland.

History

Opened in September 1905, Ballintra was a station on the narrow-gauge railway line from Donegal Town to Ballyshannon. Located a short distance from the village, a local carriage service carried passengers to Ballintra. The station had two sidings, a goods shed and cattle pens.
Originally operated by the Donegal Railway Company, the line and station transferred to the Donegal Railways Joint Committee in 1906.
As with other stations on the line, Ballintra station closed on 1 January 1960.