Bush

The small community of Bush, Co.Louth, was located on the Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway line from Dundalk to Greenore, which opened in May 1873. The line was partly owned by the Lonon & North Western Railway, but after 1923 the Great Northern Railway operated the line until its closure at the end of 1951. The small station at bush remains in use as a local co-op store, this being the brick built booking office, but the single platform has been demolished. The disused road overbridge adjacent to the station site has been restored, along with others along the former railway line, this work been carried out by local communites.
The single storey brick built station building at Bush, as viewed from what was the platform side of the station. This view is looking east towards Greenore. The station only had one platform and goods loading bank. Close-up of the former booking office at Bush station, which nowadays is in use as a local co-op store, it last saw a passenger in 1951. Bush station, as viewed from the adjacent R175 road, which formerly crossed the railway via an overbridge at the Dundalk end of the station. Much of the former railway infrastructure on the Dundalk & Greenore Railway have been preserved and restored by the local community, including these two former bridge abutments east of Bush. Note the section of ornamental relaid track on the near abutment.
A view from the station site at Bush, looking west towards Dundalk with the disused road overbridge visible. This restored road overbridge formerly carried the R176 over the railway line at the Dundalk end of Bush station. The roadway was rerouted in the 1960s following closure of the line. Another bridge on the former railway line to be restored can be found in a housing estate in Rampark village, west of Bush. The bridge formerly carried a farm road across the line which passed through a cutting.