Ballinderry railway station

Ballinderry
Ballinderry railway station
General information
Location	Crumlin, Antrim Northern Ireland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
13 November 1871	Station opened
1960 to 1974	Closed to passengers
June 2003	Station closed
Location

Ballinderry railway station served Upper Ballinderry in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is currently closed to passengers.

The station was built for the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway and opened on 13 November 1871. ^[1] Translink withdrew passenger services from the line when it reopened the more direct Belfast Lanyon Place (Known as Belfast Central at the time) – Antrim route via Bleach Green. ^[2] Translink stated that it was unable to maintain two routes to Antrim and after operating a skeleton service on the route announced that it would be mothballed.

Recently^{[ when? ]} Northern Ireland Railways removed the passing loop here and it also removed the one at Crumlin to make the line a long siding.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2023, Translink commissioned a study into reopening the line and the stations on it, including Ballinderry. ^[3]

Preceding station		NI Railways		Following station
Meetinghouse Halt		Northern Ireland Railways Lisburn – Antrim (disused)		Legatiriff Halt

References

1. "Disused Stations: Ballinderry Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
2. Bairstow, Martin (2007). Railways in Ireland. Farsley: Bairstow. pp. 104–106. ISBN   9781871944334.
3. "Knockmore Line: Translink to assess reopening closed railway line". BBC News. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

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