Magherafelt railway station

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Magherafelt
General information
LocationStation Road, Magherafelt, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°45′38″N6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
Platforms2
Construction
Architect Charles Lanyon
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Derry Central Railway
Draperstown Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Counties Committee
Key dates
10 November 1856Station opens
28 August 1950Station closes to passengers
1 October 1959Station closes to goods

Magherafelt railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

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History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856 when they extended their Randalstown branch line to Cookstown. [1] In 1860 the BBR became the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), which would go on to be absorbed by the Midland Railway in 1903, becoming the Northern Counties Committee (NCC). The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon. [2]

It was closed to passengers by the Ulster Transport Authority on 28 August 1950 and to goods on 1 October 1959.

Routes

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Castledawson   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown branch line		  Moneymore
Terminus  Derry Central Railway   Knockloughrim
Terminus  Draperstown Railway   Desertmartin

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References

  1. ↑ "Magherafelt 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
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