Ballynure railway station

Ballynure
Railway in 1906
General information
Location	Ballynure, 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
24 August 1878	Station opens
1 October 1930	Station closes
Location

Ballynure 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 24 August 1878. 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 1 October 1933.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ballyclare		Ballymena and Larne Railway Doagh-Larne		Balleyboley 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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