Cargan railway station

Cargan
The line in 1906
General information
Location	Cargan, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Counties Committee
Key dates
1 July 1889	Station opens
1 October 1930	Station closes to passengers
12 April 1937	Station closes
Location

Cargan railway station served the local mines and the village of Cargan and was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 1 July 1889, which had taken ownership in October 1884.

The station connected to the local ironstone and bauxite mines via the Crommelin Mineral Tramway. The ore was then transported by rail to Ballymena and thence to Larne for shipment. ^[1]

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930 following the line's loss of passenger traffic. It then closed completely on 12 April 1937.

Routes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cross Roads		Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway Ballymena-Retreat		Parkmore

References

1. "THE IRON MINES OF GLENRAVEL by Kevin J. O'Hagan". Glens Of Antrim Historical Society. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

• 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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