Cookstown Junction railway station
Cookstown Junction | |
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The remains of Cookstown Junction / Drumsough station in 2007 | |
Location | |
Place | Randalstown |
Area | County Antrim |
Coordinates | 54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°WCoordinates: 54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W |
Operations | |
Original company | Belfast and Ballymena Railway |
Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Post-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
History | |
11 April 1848 | Station opens as Drumscough Junction |
ca. 1850 | Station renamed Drumscough |
November 1856 | Station renamed Cookstown Junction |
26 April 1976 | Station renamed Drumcough Junction |
17 October 1976 | Station closes |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
UK Railways portal |
Cookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Cookstown, Draperstown and Macfin.[1]
History
The station was opened as Drumsough Junction by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[2]
It was renamed Cookstown Junction on 1 October 1858.
The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.
Preceding station | Northern Ireland Railways | Following station | ||
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Antrim | Ulster Transport Authority Belfast-Derry |
Kellswater | ||
Terminus | Ulster Transport Authority Drumsough-Cookstown |
Randalstown | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Antrim | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road-Ballymena |
Kellswater | ||
Terminus | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown |
Randalstown |
References
- ↑ Railway Magazine June 1936 p. 414
- ↑ "Cookstown Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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