Dunloy railway station

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Dunloy
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The remains of Dunloy station photographed on 17 March 1982
General information
Location Dunloy, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 55°00′55″N6°24′09″W / 55.0153°N 6.4025°W / 55.0153; -6.4025
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
1 July 1856Station opens
17 October 1976Station closes

Dunloy railway station served the village of Dunloy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856. [1] It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.

The signal box at Dunloy was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance. [2]

The station closed to passengers on 17 October 1976

There have been calls to reopen the station at Dunloy.

Preceding station  NIR logo.svg Northern Ireland Railways  Following station
Cullybackey   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Ballymoney
  Historical railways  
Killagan
Line open, station closed
  Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Coleraine and
Portrush Junction Railway

Ballymena-Portrush
  Ballymoney
Line and station open

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References

  1. "Dunloy station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984