Jump to content

Ballyclare railway station

Coordinates: 54°45′05″N 5°59′51″W / 54.751454°N 5.99751°W / 54.751454; -5.99751
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ballyclare
Railway in 1906
General information
LocationBallyclare, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBallymena and Larne Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Counties Committee
Key dates
24 August 1878Station opens
1 October 1930Station closes to passengers
3 July 1950Station closes

Ballyclare railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

History

[edit]

The station was opened by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Midland Railway, becoming the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930 and then completely on 3 July 1950.

The site of the station is where the Modern Tyres in now located. A shed in their yard was said to be a rebuild of the old railway shed.

Routes

[edit]
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Doagh   Ballymena and Larne Railway
Doagh-Larne
  Ballynure

References

[edit]
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

54°45′05″N 5°59′51″W / 54.751454°N 5.99751°W / 54.751454; -5.99751