Moneymore railway station

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Moneymore
General information
Location Moneymore, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°41′52″N6°40′21″W / 54.6977°N 6.6726°W / 54.6977; -6.6726
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Key dates
10 November 1856Station opens
28 August 1950Station closes

Moneymore railway station in Moneymore, County Londonderry, was on an extension of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction in County Antrim to Cookstown in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856. [1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon. [2]

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top left) railways in the vicinity of Moneymore Antrim, Cookstown & Navan Buxton, High Peak & New Mills RJD 10.jpg
A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top left) railways in the vicinity of Moneymore
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Magherafelt   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown Junction-Cookstown
  Cookstown

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References

  1. "Moneymore 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