Ballyhaise

Ballyhaise is one of the best preserved Great Northern Railway stations. Ballyhaise was located on the GNR's Clones to Cavan line of the Irish Northwest route, opened in 1862. It was a quiet backwater of the GNR network, and was the junction for the short Belturbet branch. The station was large, consisting of three platforms, one been an island platform, with one through road. The platforms were linked by a long footbridge. Sadly the entire Irish Northwest network closed in 1957, with goods finishing in 1959.


Ballyhaise Station retains its main platform and station buildings, which are a fine GNR red brick style unlike the usual W.H Mills style yellow brick structure. The station masters house survives also, on an elevated position behind the station. The rest of the buildings are now gone and a road has been built through the station, the junction for Belturbet was located just south of the station.
The well preserved former station at Ballyhaise, which features a very nice single storey Great Northern station building. Only one of the three platforms, seen here, survuves. The typical GNR station masters house is visible in the background. Side profile section of the Great Northern station building at Ballyhaise, well preserved with original wooden gable end boards. Ballyhaise Station once feature three platforms, the latter two, once located on the right of the present roadway, being an island which survived branch trains to Balturbet. The station also featured a centre through road for non stopping services. This is the Great Northern Railway styled station masters house at Ballyhaise, located in an elevated positon above the former station.
This is the former road overbridge at the south end of Ballyhaise Station. After the line closed the bridge was removed and the road re-aligned across the former trackbed. The stone abutments and centre support still remain at the former road overbridge. The wide bridge allowed both the main line and the Belturbet branch to pass through. An original sign post indicating the direction towards Ballyhaise Station. The remains of a derelict railway permanent way hut, made of wooden sleepers, is seen on the eastern side of the former Ballyhaise Station.
This is a twin arched stone built road overbridge located just south west of Ballyhaise on the former branch line to Belturbet. The line through Ballyhaise and to Belturbet closed in April 1959, and the track was lifted shortly after.