Borris

Borris village is located on the Bagnalstown to Palace East line, which opened in 1866 and was latterly operated by the Great Southern & Western Railway. The line lost its passenger service in 1934 and goods in 1947. Sugar beet and specials kept the line open until 1963 when it finally closed. Borris has a single storey stone building with an adjacent halt keepers house. The station only ever had one platform, a loop siding as well as a small GSWR wooden signal cabin. Part of the platform retaining wall survives. Just south of the station is the impressive 16 arch viaduct built in 1860.
The exterior of the substantial stone built station building at Borris, dating from 1858. This view is the station forecourt. Borris Station as viewed from the railway side. The platform has been demolished but the retaining wall and station building survive. A view looking north towards Bagnalstown from the site of the single platform at Borris Station. The trackbed is now occupied by the back garden of the station building. A railway cottage, adjacent to Borris Station was also home to the last gate keeper on the line until closure in 1963.
The impressive 16-arch viaduct at Borris Station, dating from the late 1850s. This is the east side of the viaduct. This is the trackbed on the viaduct with some superb views of the Blackstairs Mountains in the distance. This is looking south towards Palace East. This is the west side of the viaduct at Borris, it carried the former railway line over a small valley which the appropriately named 'Mountain River' flows through.