Ballyclare Junction railway station

Ballyclare Junction

NIR Class 3000 train passing the site of Ballyclare Junction station in 2005
Location
Place Ballyclare
Area County Antrim
Operations
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Ulster Transport Authority
History
1 February 1849 Station opens as Ballynure
1 October 1858 Station renamed to Ballynure Road
1 September 1875 Station closed
1 June 1877 Station reopened
3 November 1884 Station renamed to Ballyclare Junction
9 September 1961 Station closes
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Ballyclare Junction railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Despite the name, the physical junction for the branch line to Ballyclare was located a short distance along the line in the Antrim direction, at Kingsbog Junction.

History

The station was opened as Ballynure Road by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 1 February 1849.[1] It was renamed Ballynure Junction on 3 November 1884.

The station closed to passengers on 4 December 1961.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Mossley   Ulster Transport Authority
Belfast-Derry
  Doagh
Historical railways
Mossley
Line open, station closed
  Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast-Ballymena
  Ballyrobert
Line open, station closed

References

  1. "Ballyclare Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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