Ballyclare Junction railway station

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Ballyclare Junction
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NIR Class 3000 train passing the site of Ballyclare Junction station in 2005
General information
Location Ballyclare, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°41′58″N5°58′07″W / 54.6995°N 5.9685°W / 54.6995; -5.9685
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Ulster Transport Authority
Key dates
1 February 1849Station opens as Ballynure
1 October 1858Station renamed to Ballynure Road
1 September 1875Station closed
1 June 1877Station reopened
3 November 1884Station renamed to Ballyclare Junction
9 September 1961Station closes

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 Ballyclare Junction on 3 November 1884.

The station closed to passengers on 4 December 1961.

Preceding station  Logomark NI Railways.svg 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

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References

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