Martinstown, County Antrim
Coordinates: 54°57′50″N 6°13′30″W / 54.964°N 6.225°W Martinstown is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located 8 miles from Ballymena, it is situated in Glenravel, locally known as "The Tenth Glen", alongside the widely known nine Glens of Antrim.
It lies within Borough of Ballymena. It had a population of 345 people (108 households) in the 2011 Census.[1] (2001 Census: 285 people)
The village has many amenities, including a supermarket, primary school, post-office, off-licence and pub (The Glensway).
Transport
- Knockanally railway station (now Martinstown) opened on 5 April 1886, closed for passenger traffic on 1 October 1930 and finally closed altogether on 12 April 1937.[2] It was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to Parkmore from 1875 to 1940.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Martinstown". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "Knockanally station" (PDF). Railscot-Irish Railways. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ↑ Baker, Michael H.C. (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/3/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.