Ballynashee railway station

Ballynashee
Railway in 1906
General information
Location	County Antrim Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Post-grouping	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Key dates
1 May 1879	Station opens
31 January 1933	Station closes to passengers
3 June 1940	Station closes
Location

Ballynashee railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 1 May 1879. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.

The station closed to passengers on 31 January 1933 and later completely on 6 June 1940.

Routes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Collin		Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballymena-Larne		Ballyboley Junction

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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