Cullybackey railway station

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Cullybackey
Cullybackey railway station in 1996
General information
Location	Cullybackey Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°53′17″N6°20′41″W / 54.88806°N 6.34472°W / 54.88806; -6.34472
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Derry~Londonderry
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1 July 1856	Opened
September 1856	Closed
1 March 1865	Reopened
18 October 1976	Closed
28 June 1982	Reopened
2008	Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	153,018 [1]
Route map (Click to expand) Show NI Railways Network map Legend Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Belfast-Dublin line to Portadown, Newry & Dublin Connolly City Hospital Windsor 1885 Botanic Ormeau 1885 Lanyon Place Queen's Bridge 1885 Lagan Railway Bridge over River Lagan Belfast-Bangor line to Bangor Dargan Bridge over River Lagan York Street Yorkgate 2024 York Road depot York Road 1992 Fortwilliam Traincare Depot Greencastle 1954 Whitehouse 1954 Whiteabbey Belfast-Larne line to Larne Harbour via Greenisland   1963 Monkstown 1981 Mossley 1982 Mossley West Ballyclare Junction 1961 Ballyclare branch line to Ballyclare 1950 Ballyrobert 1920 Doagh 1970 Templepatrick 1981 Dunadry 1954 Muckamore 1961 Lisburn-Antrim line to Lisburn 2003 Antrim Cookstown Junction 1976 Cookstown branch line 1959 to Magherafelt & Cookstown Kellswater 1971 Andraid 1850 Ballymena & Larne Rly to Larne 1950 Ballymena Ballymena, Cushendall & Redbay Rly 1940 to Parkmore and Retreat   Cullybackey Glarryford 1973 Killagan 1973 Dunloy 1976 Ballymoney Ballycastle Railway to Ballycastle 1950 Derry Central Railway to Magherafelt 1950 Macfin 1954 Coleraine Coleraine Harbour 1963 Coleraine-Portrush line to Portrush River Bann Coleraine Waterside 1861 Barmouth 1856 Castlerock Castlerock Tunnel Downhill Tunnel Downhill 1973 Umbra 1861 Magilligan 1976 Bellarena River Roe Limavady Railway to Limavady and Dungiven 1955 Limavady Junction 1976 Ballykelly 1954 Carrichue 1954 Faughanvale 1859 Eglinton 1973 River Faughan Derry ~ Londonderry This diagram: view talk edit Show Derry~Londonderry line route diagram
Location Cullybackey Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Cullybackey Location within the Island of Ireland Show map of island of Ireland

Cullybackey railway station serves the village of Cullybackey in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856.^{[ citation needed ]} It then closed in September 1856, and was re-opened on 1 March 1865. ^[3]

There was a further closure on 18 October 1976, and it re-opened again on 28 June 1982.

This station was temporarily closed while a major track relaying programme was in operation between March and the end of June 2009. It reopened on 29 June 2009.

The listed station building is currently a cafe called “The Ticket bake house” after extensive renovation work, It opened 2023 and seems to be in the process of being linked to the platform. before 2020 it was fenced off, bricked/boarded up and derelict. It has been replaced with a small 'bus shelter' type structure on the platform.

Incidents and accidents

On Friday, 24 March 2000, a woman died after a collision involving a passenger train and her car at a level crossing at Station Road, Cullybackey. None of the 88 passengers on board the train travelling from Belfast to Derry were hurt. ^[4] The platform at Cullybackey was lengthened to accommodate the longer trains in the evening, coming from Belfast.^{[ citation needed ]}

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central. In the other direction there is an hourly service Derry~Londonderry, with the last service terminating at Coleraine

On Sundays services alternate between Derry~Londonderry or Portrush and the last service terminating at Coleraine in the other direction there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central.

Preceding station		NI Railways		Following station
Ballymena		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Ballymoney
	Historical railways
Ballymena Line and station open		Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Ballymena-Portrush		Glarryford Line open, station closed

References

1. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. "Cullybackey - A History". Antrim.net. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
4. "Crash victim's name released". BBC News. 26 March 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2007.