Moneymore railway station

Moneymore
General information
Location	Station Road, Moneymore, County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°41′52″N6°40′21″W / 54.6977°N 6.6726°W / 54.6977; -6.6726
Platforms	2
Construction
Architect	Charles Lanyon
Other information
Status	Disused
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 1856	Station opens
28 August 1950	Station closes to passengers
2 May 1955	Station closes to goods
Location

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 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 2 May 1955.

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top left) railways in the vicinity of Moneymore

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Magherafelt		Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown branch line		Cookstown

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