Ballykinlar Halt railway station

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Ballykinlar Halt
General information
Location Ballykinler, County Down
Northern Ireland
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
October 1914Station opens
16 January 1950Station closes

Ballykinlar Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

History

It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway in October 1914, primarily to service the British Army base at Ballykinlar. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The earliest mention via the British Newspaper Archive was on 31 October 1914 in the Weekly Telegraph https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001531/19141031/111/0008.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Tullymurry   Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Newcastle
  Dundrum

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References

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