Scarva Railway
Station
Despite the fact it serves the County Down
village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the Newry Canal
being the boundary. The station opened on 23rd March 1859, and was
formerly the junction for the Great Northern Railway branch line to
Banbridge which closed in May 1955 (the siding for which can be
seen behind the present platform).
The sation was closed between 1965 and 1984, and
now serves only four trains per day, the remainder passing directly
by.
Essentially all that remains now of the original
station is the shelter on the up-line platform. Compare what you
see today from how the station looked in the
1950's.
The Cache
The cache is a magnetic nano. There is no need to
enter NIR premises to retrieve the cache (spoiler picture
attached), but the cache location affords a good view of the
station.